Autumn Reckoning

Boris Johnson’s Successor Has Three Big Reasons to Be Cheerful

A winter crisis looms, but it isn’t all bad news for Britain’s next leader

Boris Johnson

Photographer: Andy Rain/EPA/Bloomberg

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This is the final story in a six-part series on the political and economic landscape facing Britain's new prime minister.

Boris Johnson leaves his successor a monumental set of problems. The UK is wrestling with an energy crisis, spiraling inflation, strikes across multiple industries, and a health system buckling under the strain of huge waiting lists.