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This week’s Prime Minister’s Questions – catch up with everything you missed in this MUST WATCH session from the Commons – or follow along with TEXT blog updates.

She’s only two days into the top job and Liz Truss is set for a major moment today – her first PMQs.
Yesterday she announced her cabinet, where she ditched all Rishi Sunak supporters including Grant Shapps, Priti Patel and Dominic Raab. Her cabinet is made up of her allies and those right of the Tory party.

Tens of thousands of businesses are at risk of collapsing if the government fails to help support them because of soaring energy bills, according to experts.

The newly-appointed prime minister Liz Truss has named her cabinet – and she’s heavily rewarded key allies with the top jobs.

LIVE: Liz Truss makes first Downing Street speech as new PM

Her political journey has been a strange one, from liberal Democrat to Conservative, Remainer to Brexit enthusiast, it’s hard to imagine Liz Truss walking through the famous black door of No 10. 

Liz Truss, the newly-appointed UK prime minister, has had an interesting political rise – from Liberal Democrat to Tory, from Remainer to Brexiteer.

Who is Liz Truss? And what comes next?

WATCH – Liz Truss becomes new PM winning by a slim margin to beat Rishi Sunak to top job

Liz Truss becomes new PM

LIVE – New PM announced 

Today the UK will know who the next leader of the Conservative party – and therefore prime minister has been elected.