The selection of a new UK prime minister after the July resignation of Boris Johnson, the country's colorful and often chaotic leader.
- Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be named as Britain's new prime minister on Sept. 5.
- Relations between the U.S. and the U.K. will remain largely unchanged, experts predict.
- The new leader's first order of business will be to tackle spiraling energy costs.
LONDON – A politician whose career is full of ideological U-turns and who has drawn comparisons to Margaret Thatcher, or a smooth-talking former banker whose fast rise to the top of British politics followed a privileged upbringing and lucrative marriage.
One of those two candidates – Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak – will be named as Britain's new prime minister by the ruling Conservative Party on Monday.
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