At the top of her inbox is the energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which threatens to push energy bills to unsustainable levels, shut down businesses and leave the country’s poorest people shivering in frozen homes this winter . Truss, who refused to spell out her energy strategy during the two-month campaign to succeed Boris Johnson, now plans to cut energy bills at a cost to taxpayers of up to 100 billion pounds ($152 billion Cdn), they said the British media on Tuesday. . She is expected to unveil her plan on Thursday. “You need to know about the cost of living crisis in England, which is really, really bad at the moment,” said Rebecca McDougall, 55, who works in law enforcement, outside the Houses of Parliament. “He’s making promises about it, like he says he’s going to deliver, deliver, deliver,” he said. “But we will see, hopefully, in the next few weeks there will be some announcements that will help the average worker.”
1st speech as expected by the Prime Minister on Tuesday
Truss took office on Tuesday afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, when Queen Elizabeth formally asked her to form a new government in a carefully choreographed ceremony dictated by centuries of tradition. Johnson, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, formally resigned during his own audience with the Queen earlier. This is the first time in the Queen’s 70-year reign that the handover of power has taken place at Balmoral rather than Buckingham Palace in London. The ceremony was moved to Scotland to provide certainty about the schedule because the 96-year-old queen has experienced travel problems that have forced palace officials to make decisions about her travel on a daily basis. Queen Elizabeth welcomes Truss to Balmoral Castle on Tuesday after Boris Johnson formally resigned as prime minister during his own audience with the Queen. (Jane Barlow/The Associated Press) Truss is expected to make her first speech as prime minister later on Tuesday from Downing Street. CBC News will live stream the speech, which is expected to begin at 11:15 a.m. ET, in this file. Many people in Britain are still learning about the person who is now their leader. Unlike Johnson, who became a media celebrity long before becoming prime minister, Truss, 47, quietly rose through the Tory ranks before being appointed foreign secretary, one of the top cabinet posts, just a year ago. Truss took office a day after the ruling Conservative Party chose her as its leader in an election where the party’s 172,000 dues-paying members were the only voters. As party leader, Truss automatically became prime minister without the need for a general election because the Conservatives still have a majority in the House of Commons. In theory, Truss has time to make her mark. It does not need to call national elections until 2024. But as a prime minister elected by less than 0.5 percent of British adults, Truss is under pressure to show quick results. Ed Davey, leader of the opposition Liberal Democrats, on Tuesday called for a snap election in October. “I’ve been listening to Liz Truss during the Tory leadership (campaign) and I’ve been looking for a plan to help people with skyrocketing energy bills, with the NHS crisis and so on, and I haven’t heard any plan,” he said. the BBC. “Given that people are really worried, given that people are losing sleep over their energy bills, businesses not investing because of the crisis, I think that’s really wrong.”
“Like Cincinnatus, I return to my plow”
Johnson noted the pressures facing Britain as he left the prime minister’s official residence at No. 10 Downing Street for the last time, saying his policies had given Britain the economic strength to help people overcome the energy crisis. He signed off in his typically colorful language. “I’m like one of those booster rockets that has served its purpose,” Johnson said. “Now I will gently re-enter the atmosphere and splash invisibly into some remote and dark corner of the Pacific.” Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London on Tuesday before heading to Balmoral, Scotland to offer his resignation to Queen Elizabeth. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/The Associated Press) Johnson, 58, became prime minister three years ago after his predecessor, Theresa May, failed to deliver Britain’s exit from the European Union. Johnson later won an 80-seat majority in parliament by promising to “get Brexit done”. But he was forced out by a series of scandals that culminated in the resignation of dozens of cabinet secretaries and lower-level officials in early July. In his departure he referred to this fall, saying he was handing over the baton to Truss in “what has unexpectedly become a relay”. While many observers expect Johnson to attempt a political comeback, he supported Truss and compared himself to Cincinnati, the Roman dictator who abdicated and returned to his farm to live in peace. “Like Cincinnatus, I return to my plough,” he said. “And I will offer this government nothing but the strongest support.”
