Liz Truss has been elected as the next Prime Minister of the UK.
She was named as the new leader of the Conservative Party this afternoon and will ask the Queen tomorrow for permission to form a new government before she can becomes Prime Minister.
Dr Hudson, MP for Penrith and the Border, said: “Our new Conservative Government has my full support and I look forward to ministers hitting the ground running with a renewed vigour to deliver on the British people’s priorities.
“Commiserations must also go to Rishi Sunak and all the other excellent candidates who bravely put themselves forward for the highest office in the land. The election displayed the broad range of talent we have across the Conservative Parliamentary Party, and I look forward to welcoming the Prime Minister’s new Government appointments in due course.
“Nobody can deny the acute challenges we face as a nation at this time. Foremost among these is the cost of living and energy crisis, which will come into even sharper focus as we approach the winter months.
“While I’m pleased that steps have been made so far by the Government, I’ve consistently urged the Government to introduce further widespread emergency measures in a similar way to the vital support that supported people and saved so many businesses in the pandemic. I will continue banging the drum for the people of Penrith and The Border on this issue as new Ministers take their posts.
“With Liz Truss ably serving as Foreign Secretary during the awful war in Ukraine, I know that she will continue to support our beleaguered friends who are fighting so hard to defend the democratic values we hold dear.
“I will be urging the new PM to support our rural communities, not least the farmers and food producers who are so pivotal to our economy and our nation’s food security. Lastly, I am urging that the new Government continues to prioritise the levelling up agenda aimed at tackling regional inequalities, and that this very much should be in our rural areas as well as towns and cities.
“I’ve already been impressed by her approach to this matter. I know that she is acutely aware of the disparities we have in the UK and has pledged to make sure levelling up works for rural communities when it comes to crucial issues such as transport, broadband and mobile phone connectivity.”
