Arriving at Downing Street as Prime Minister for the first time, Liz Truss acknowledges that Britain faces a "storm" of challenges, which she says are "caused by Russia's appalling war in Ukraine and the aftermath of Covid". She adds that the "British people are stronger" than any of the problems they face. Her speech, in which she pledges to bring down energy bills, shore up the country's National Health Service and build key infrastructure, was preceded by an 'off again, on again' game of cat and mouse with the weather, as rain showers threatened to move the event indoors. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES