Matthew Taylor

Sunday shows round-up: Sturgeon warns Truss could be a ‘disaster’

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Liz Truss: ‘I will act immediately’ on energy bills

The Sunday interview shows have returned just in time for the conclusion of the Conservative leadership contest. This morning, both candidates for the top job appeared on a revamped BBC programme opposite Laura Kuenssberg. With the last votes cast on Friday, the expectation is that Liz Truss will be taking over the reins from Boris Johnson. Kuenssberg asked Truss for her response to one of the country’s most pressing concerns: the enormous rise in energy bills:

Truss: ‘I support exploring fracking’

Going into more detail, Truss said that she would be looking into expanding the UK’s domestic energy supply in a variety of ways, including the controversial practice of fracking for shale gas:

Sturgeon said she hoped to have a constructive relationship with Truss, but chose to lob a grenade into the mix anyway

Truss: Cancelling National Insurance rise ‘is fair’:

Kuenssberg also challenged the Foreign Secretary about her tax plans, a key dividing line between her and her opponent Rishi Sunak. Truss has been a vocal critic of the rise in National Insurance, which involved the Conservatives breaking a 2019 manifesto commitment:

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