Foreign Minister Liz Truss will be sworn in as the UK’s 56th prime minister after winning the final round of the Conservative Party’s leadership contest. She beat former Chancellor Rishi Sunak (and a late challenge Larry the #10 Downing Street cat…) 81,326 votes to 60,399, winning 57% of the vote 2 months after Boris Johnson resigned under a cloud of COVID breaches and mishandling promotions within his team. Calling the last few weeks “one of the longest job interviews in history,” Truss awkwardly acknowledged Johnson and committed to lowering taxes, sorting out the UK’s energy crisis, and supporting the health system. Truss might be riding high as she makes her way to meet with the Queen at Balmoral but so is inflation, which is sitting at a 40-year high of 10.1%. Despite the challenges, Truss has promised $50 billion in tax cuts in an emergency budget later this month.