‘Straight to business’: what the papers said about Liz Truss’s victory

The new Conservative leader comes in at a time of crisis, and Tuesday's papers make it clear she will need to make a fast start

The Liz Truss supremacy has begun with promises of bold plans to tackle a bulging in-tray" of problems such as the cost of living crisis, according to the front pages of many of Tuesday's newspapers.

With the usual speech and visuals from the steps of No 10 delayed by 24 hours thanks to the Queen's episodic mobility issues", the papers had to make do with Truss smiling broadly after she defeated Rishi Sunak to take the Tory crown and later become Britain's fourth prime minister in six years.