'She's not ruled out all further help' says Liz Truss supporter Penny Mordaunt, responding to Truss' comments on not giving 'handouts' - adding she's focused on tax cuts to 'enable people to keep more of the money they earn'. 📺 Sky 501 and Youtube
The foreign secretary told reporters during a campaign visit to the West Midlands on Saturday:"Under the plans at present, what we know is Britain is headed for a recession."That is not inevitable, but we need to avoid that by making sure our economy is competitive, that we're encouraging businesses to grow and that we are keeping taxes low.
Asked how she intended to help households facing spiralling energy bills this winter, she insisted the answer was tax cuts and supply-side reforms. He added:"The existing package that previous chancellor Rishi Sunak put in place had more conscious targeting towards poorer households and I think it's pretty clear that any fiscal manoeuvre we have at the moment should be primarily directed towards them rather than more broadly."Ms Truss has taken a seven-point lead as best prime minister against Mr Sunak and a 26-point lead among 2019 Conservative voters .
A third of all voters think the government should keep taxes and spending on public services about where they are now, while 26% think there should be an increase in both.Ms Truss has declined to say whether her campaign was involved in the leaking of a video in which Mr Sunak spoke about working to divert funding from deprived urban areas towards more prosperous towns.
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