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Liz Truss will be Britain’s next prime minister. The Foreign Secretary, 47, was confirmed as the winner of the Tory leadership race at lunchtime today, taking 57% of the party member vote compared to 43% for Rishi Sunak. She will be appointed by the Queen at Balmoral tomorrow after Boris Johnson formally steps down. According to YouGov, the new PM is liked by just 21% of the public, says Clare Foges in The Times. “Never has a premiership begun with such low expectations.” Truss is considering freezing energy bills for millions of households this winter, says The Daily Telegraph. The final package could be on the scale of the Covid furlough scheme, which cost about £70bn. If businesses don’t get help paying their bills, pubs may be forced to charge £20 for a pint, says the Daily Star. “Tears for beers.”