Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made a veiled dig at Conservative Party leadership contest rival Rishi Sunak by criticising a policy of “putting up taxes and then also giving out benefits” to help with the cost of living crisis.
Truss referred to it as “Gordon Brown economics” during a hustings debate in Darlington, in the northeast of England, on Tuesday night.
Asked how she would tackle the cost of living crisis, Truss said: “We are facing great difficulties with energy. I understand people are struggling with their bills on fuel and food but the first thing we should do as Conservatives is help people have more of their own money. What I don’t support is taking money off people in tax and then giving it back to them in handouts. That to me is Gordon Brown economics.”…