Liz Truss’s plans for an emergency tax-cutting budget would amount to an ‘electoral suicide note’. This is the latest claim from the Sunak camp – with key supporter Dominic Raab writing a piece for the Times in which he argues that the frontrunner is wrong to prioritise ‘limited tax cuts that do little for the most vulnerable’.
The row over how to best tackle the cost-of-living crisis is quickly becoming the dividing line of the contest. The Sunak camp was quick to seize on the Foreign Secretary’s comments over the weekend to the Financial Times suggesting that she will proceed ‘in a Conservative way of lowering the tax burden, not giving out handouts’. Key Truss supporters – including Penny Mordaunt – then attempted to play down her comments and suggest emergency help is an option that’s still on the table.
For all the Truss camp’s attempts to row back, her comments over the weekend are a pretty accurate reflection of her approach
Only that option is not a lever Truss plans to pull anytime soon.
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