After a long leadership contest, Liz Truss has finally been confirmed as the new leader of the Conservative party and our next prime minister.

Truss will arrive in Number 10 against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, with energy bills soaring, inflation rising and a recession looming on the horizon. She has said that she is prepared to make “difficult decisions” to tackle this.

“I will deliver on the energy crisis: dealing with people’s energy bills, but also dealing with our energy supply,” she said in her victory speech. “And I will deliver on the National Health Service. But we all will deliver, for our country.”

But what does this mean in real terms, and what are her actual policies? Here’s what we know so far about what Truss has planned on some of the biggest political issues…

Liz Truss: what are the new prime minister’s policies on the biggest issues, from the cost of living crisis to the environment?