She declined to give details before her appointment is confirmed. Read more at straitstimes.com.
to become the UK's next prime minister, Liz Truss, vowed Sunday that if appointed she will present a plan to tackle soaring energy bills within a week.
The Tory leadership race has stretched over eight weeks as Britain faces decades-high levels of inflation and is tipped to enter recession later this year. British households are facing an eye-watering 80-per-cent average hike in electricity and gas bills, in a dramatic worsening of the cost-of-living crisis before winter.
Truss's campaign has promised tax cuts but critics note those would do nothing to benefit the poorest. On Sunday she stressed she believes tax cuts that benefit the wealthy are fair and promote growth."To look at everything through the lens of redistribution , I believe is wrong," she said.
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