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What to expect from Liz Truss

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The new PM is both an opportunist and an ideologue

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ONE EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVING. NO ALTERING OR MANIPULATING. NO USE ON SOCIAL MEDIA UNLESS AGREED BY HOC PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE. MANDATORY CREDIT: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt, Prime Minister Liz Truss and Health and Social Care Therese Coffey during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday September 7, 2022.
ONE EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVING. NO ALTERING OR MANIPULATING. NO USE ON SOCIAL MEDIA UNLESS AGREED BY HOC PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE. MANDATORY CREDIT: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt, Prime Minister Liz Truss and Health and Social Care Therese Coffey during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday September 7, 2022.
Wed Sept 07 2022 - 18:08

Answering questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday for the first time as prime minister, Liz Truss displayed the characteristics that helped her win power: devotion to her free market, small state ideology, and a willingness to deviate from those ideas when expedient.

To talk about the new prime minister’s politics, the challenges she faces and what she has signalled about her approach to Northern Ireland, Hugh Linehan is joined by political editor Pat Leahy and London editor Denis Staunton on the latest episode of the Inside Politics podcast.

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