Liz Truss promises energy crisis plan within one week if made Prime Minister

At 12.30pm tomorrow the name of the UK's next Prime Minister will be confirmed.

Today Liz Truss promised that, if she wins, within a week she'd unveil a plan to deal with energy bills and put the country 'on the right footing for winter'.

And she insisted that her policy of cutting taxes was fair - even though the rich would gain more than the poor - because it would help grow the economy.

Labour criticised the lack of detail - saying it was extraordinary when so many people were already so worried about the cost of living. Emily Wither reports.
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[martinburn]

It's reassuring to know the rich will be helped out during these tough times.

[elipa]

Well, here in Germany Gas prices rose too, because of the war in Ukraine, but not at 200 % . My gas bill rose from 70 Euros to 88 Euros per month. My electricity bill went down a bit.
Of course, we dont have privatised suppliers here. My supplier is the municipal supplier, owned by my Town, it doesnt have shareholders and their CEOs dont get paid millions.

[karmakarl]

Liz Truss is so wooden & robotic she makes Theresa May look good.

[ACameronUK]

She’s got a plan, it’s a really great plan actually, she just can’t tell you about it right now, but her friend heard the plan and said it was really great so it definitely is, she can tell you about it next week, she promises…it’s a great plan 😳

[globetwig]

She doesn't look as though she knows what's happening. That's a really bad sign.

[mercyln]

They're not listening to the poor and struggling. Lots of employed are now starving too

[Philipp]

I pity my friends in the UK to be saddled with such a sequence of mediocrities as ministers. They seem to know so little that they are not even self-aware of their lack of understanding.

[djsmithe]

Give wealthy people more money. That will help the economy.
Not!

[iaindouglas]

There's only one group of people going to be "Helped" and it won't be the poor, sick, pensioners or even the working person...you can bet on that😒

[Graysonn]

Trickle down economics fails everytime

[paulhoskin]

Just freeze the cap at £2000 until the energy prices return to normal .in the meantime impose a windfall tax until the energy prices return to normal

[elipa]

Dont trust Truss.
The whole toryparty is living on empty promises.

[jonpowell]

I love how she says the low and middle paid workers have had enough love off the goverment and its the rich that will get tax cuts because they deserve it...failed state incoming...

[ragnor]

The Rich don't spend their money they live off someone else's misery!!

[wiregold]

Trickle down economics has such a glorious track record of helping the wealthiest people. They always reinvest the extra money in growing their business so they can hire more workers at higher wages ... bwahahahaha. Truss is a lunatic.

[TheBeast-ubjo]

Listening to Truss puts me to sleep quicker than Rohypnol…god help us

[TheScortUK]

If you thought Boris was bad, wait for Truss to take the helm - she will speed the island into the nearest iceberg to finish us all off once and for all.

[thl]

My only wish is that Britain’s rich, hard-working wealth creators are kept comfortable so they can keep our economy going. Us layabouts & welfare queens can take the pain.

[martinrolf]

This is so frightening that Truss is going to be PM at a time when millions are suffering due to her own parties policies. She's not going to change anything.

[MrMoralHighground]

"its more important for the rich to get richer than the poor to get richer"

is that basically the gist of it?