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The Prime Minister promised that she would ‘hit the ground running’ if she won the Tory leadership – and she has been true to her word.
Liz Truss starts most days with early-morning runs around the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 12th Century Thameside garden at Lambeth Palace in the company of hand-picked advisers.
The aim is to help her to thrash out solutions to the intimidating set of issues filling up her in-tray. She then returns to No 10 to shower, ready to hold her first meeting at 8.30am at her desk in the Cabinet Office.
Ms Truss was first offered the use of Archbishop Justin Welby’s London residence a few days before she was declared the winner of the Tory leadership contest on September 6.
Lambeth Palace boasts one of the largest private gardens in London – at ten acres – and it is one of the oldest continuously cultivated gardens in the country, having been founded in 1197.
When Ms Truss moved into Downing Street with husband Hugh and their two daughters she told officials that she wanted ‘regular exercise sessions’ included in her diary – and, where possible, to combine them with meetings.
As she jogs around the grounds, she asks members of her inner circle for ideas. Pictured: Liz Truss running in New York last year
The Prime Minister runs around the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 12th Century Thameside garden at Lambeth Palace
As she jogs around the grounds,
