Liz Truss has won the Tory leadership contest and will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.

Ms Truss, the Foreign Secretary, defeated Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, by 81,326 votes to 60,399.

Ms Truss said that as premier she will lead the Conservative Party to a "great victory" at the 2024 general election as she stressed her priority will be on delivering on policy pledges.

Delivering her victory speech at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in central London, Ms Truss said: "I know that we will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver. And we will deliver a great victory for the Conservative Party in 2024."

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