I will keep taxes low – PM
PM says she’ll keep taxes low and insists that it’s important to attract investment in the UK.
“This country will not be able to tax its way to growth”, Truss says in response to Starmer’s latest challenge.
Energy bills plan coming tomorrow – PM
PM Truss confirmed she will deliver the government’s energy bills plan in the Commons tomorrow.
Will Truss back an energy price freeze?
Starmer asks if PM will back an energy price freeze.
“The real choice, the political choice is who is going to pay?” he says.
“Is she really telling us that she going to leave these vast excess profits on the table, and leave working people paying them for decades to come,” he asks.
Truss against windfall tax
Labour’s Starmer asks if the PM is against windfall tax.
Truss confirmed she is against a windfall tax on profits of fuel companies as it will put people off investing in the UK.
Liz Truss welcomed
PM Truss says she is honoured to take her place as PM in the House and take responsibility at a vital time for the country.
She says she is determined to deliver for everyone in the UK and that she will work with everyone there, not just Tories.