British Foreign Secretary, Liz Cage, next week’s favorite Boris Johnson Head of UK GovernmentAfter this Friday, voting among Conservative Party members to elect their new leader has ended.
Truss in some polls outperformed its opponent by 30 points in the preliminary rounds.It looks like former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak will be declared the winner next Monday and will officially take over the Downing Street office on Tuesday.
Conservative parliamentarian Robert Hayward, a regular political poll analyst in the British media, warned today that the gap between the two candidates could be less than some polls predict, but he thinks Truss will likely get the vote. “a clear victory”.
Over the past month, until the deadline, which ends at 6 p.m. this Friday, nearly 160,000 members of the Conservative Party were able to cast their votes for Altar or Truss, touring the country, by traditional mail or online, and attended dozens of events to announce government proposals.
Taxes and cost of living
The key issue around which much of the controversy revolved during the primary campaign was program for both candidates to face the cost of living crisisAccording to various analyses, UK inflation rises above 10% and is on track to exceed 18% next year.
Truss promised that one of his first steps as prime minister would be to increase Johnson’s planned corporate tax increase from 19% to 25% next April.
Priority for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, now promote investment and growth with a low tax economyHis rival, who has been managing British finances during the coronavirus pandemic, is determined to take urgent measures to reduce the enormous debt that has accumulated in recent years.
Devolution in Scotland
Unusually, Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth will not be at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.accept the next prime minister and formally order him to form a governmentbut he will stay at his summer home in Balmoral, Scotland.
The 96-year-old monarch has experienced mobility issues in recent months that have forced him to cancel several public performances. For the first time in more than a century, the departing CEO and his successor will have to leave London to carry out the delegation.
Sovereignty You have also canceled your participation in a sporting event.or where he plans to go this weekend.
The agenda of the new prime minister
Johnson will deliver a farewell speech outside the door of 10 Downing Street at around 9:30 am on Tuesday. After that leave the official residence for the last timeIt will fly to Aberdeen (Scotland), which is more than 500 kilometers from the British capital.
Already at Balmoral Castle, Johnson announced his resignation, which he made public in early July, after World War II. He will formally notify Elizabeth.
Winner of primaries, Truss or Altar, vwill travel on a separate plane and then be invited to be received by the queenwho will appoint him as head of government.
Around 3:00 am, the new leader of the Director will return to London and begin work there, possibly receiving the first confidential reports on national security matters.
He will arrive at Downing Street at 7 p.m., from where he will make his first address to the nation and begin appointing the cabinet, which will meet for the first time on Wednesday morning.
By noon on Tuesday, the new head of government will also receive codes that allow the UK to control its nuclear submarines and will join calls from other world leaders. Truss suggested that if elected to lead the Administration, his first meeting would be with Ukrainian president Volodímir Zelenski.
Wednesday, the head of government will attend the first control session in the House of CommonsHe will meet with opposition leader Labor Keir Starmer and will continue to appoint cabinet members and receive calls from foreign leaders throughout the day.