Members of the Conservative Party have chosen their new leader. The result of the Ballot will be announced at lunchtime.

There will be little time for celebration for the winner as they get straight down to work on the issues facing the country.

Inflation is currently at 10.1% and is expected to reach 20% as the energy crisis worsens. Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be expected to put measures in place to alleviate the suffering, with several charities seeing a choice for some families between heating their homes and feeding themselves,

It is expected that whoever is chosen as leader will announce a package of measures within two weeks of taking office,

Truss, the overwhelming favourite to become the next Prime Minister, showed a degree of naivety recently when she commented that it is the job of the Bank of England to control inflation.