Liz Truss.
The Council on Social Welfare of the Methodist Church in Ireland has offered prayerful support to the new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Liz Truss has promised to deal with rising energy costs and to cut taxes.
She will succeed outgoing PM Boris Johnson.
The 47-year-old is the UK’s third female Prime Minister and becomes the new leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party.
In a statement, the church said, “The Methodist Church in Ireland wishes the new Prime Minister well and encourages all our people to pray for her and her new Cabinet as they embark on this enormous task at this critical time. Following our Lord, we have particular concern for those who are the most vulnerable in our society and we will pray for our new Prime Minister as she leads the Government in tackling the ‘cost of living crisis’, with its potentially devastating impact on millions of poorer families.
“We also offer her prayerful support in dealing urgently with the political logjam in Northern Ireland. It is vital that she helps in finding an agreed way of dealing with the Protocol and the return of a functioning Executive at Stormont.”
