The Guardian – Into the storm: Truss vows to solve cost of living crisis

The Guardian – Into the storm: Truss vows to solve cost of living crisis 

Liz Truss insisted the UK would “ride out the storm” of the worst cost of living crisis in a generation as she launched her premiership with a brutal cabinet clear-out, The Guardian reports.

Liz Truss insisted the UK will “ride out the storm” of the worst cost of living crisis in a generation as she launched her premiership with a brutal cabinet clear-out.

In her first address as prime minister in Downing Street, she pledged to be “hands on” in urgently tackling the energy crisis with plans to freeze bills expected within days, as her survival in No 10 depends on them.

Truss is expected to announce plans to freeze energy bills at about £2,500 a year until 2024 in the first major act of her premiership – but is unlikely to claw back the cost through customers’ future bills, leaving the taxpayer to pick it up instead.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/06/liz-truss-says-uk-will-ride-out-the-storm-of-cost-of-living-crisis