The UK economy is battling double-digit inflation and facing the recession
Below are the details about the UK presidential elections and Lizz Truss’s promise to reduce inflation–
- A fiscal event later this month by the Chancellor would follow, with a broader package of action on the economy.
- The Conservative Home website surveyed 961 party members who have already cast their absentee or online ballots or will cast ballots in the election for the lead.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Sunday she would take immediate action to tackle rising energy bills and boost energy supplies if, as expected, she is appointed prime minister this week. Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph newspaper on the eve of the announcement of who will replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Truss reiterated her determination to face the UK economy, which is battling double-digit inflation and facing recession.
Truss said she understood, “how challenging the cost-of-living crisis is for everyone,” writing that she will “take decisive action to ensure families and businesses can get through this winter and next.” to lay out our immediate action on energy bills and energy supplies,” he wrote.
A fiscal event later this month by the Chancellor would follow, with a broader package of action on the economy. “He said his focus will be two-pronged: immediate action to deal with the cost-of-living crisis and a plan to create economic growth. He will also appoint a council of economic advisers to brainstorm “the best ideas” on how to stimulate the economy.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s agendas
Truss is expected to be named the new leader of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday, becoming Britain’s new prime minister, beating her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak. Johnson was forced to resign by his party after a series of scandals.
“We have to make tough decisions to make sure we don’t end up in this situation every fall and winter. Stick band-aids and kick the can along the way, that’s not enough. I am willing to make tough decisions to rebuild our economy,” she wrote.
Sunak v/s Truss
Rishi Sunak, 42, and Liz Truss, 47, have gone toe-to-toe in a dozen campaigns around the world. The UK won the votes of a Conservative electorate estimated at 160,000 last month. As ballots are now closed, the result
will be announced at 12:30 p.m. Local time on Monday by Returning Officer Sir Graham Brady, Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) said.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has a clear lead over former Foreign Secretary Rishi Sunak in the race to be elected leader of the Conservative Party and British Prime Minister, according to a new poll of Tory voters on Wednesday.
The Conservative Home website surveyed 961 party members who have already cast their absentee or online ballots or will cast ballots in the election for the lead, and found Truss at 60 percent and Sunak at 28,
percent.
The race to become Prime Minister
Once 9 percent that falls into the “don’t know” category is evenly split between the two Truss, the two finalists in the competition, have a 32-point lead over the former British Minister for India, according to the site’s latest poll earlier this month.
“When our doubts are evenly split between the two candidates, a drill we did last time, Truss goes up to 64% and Sunak to 32%, giving the 32-point lead maintained from last time. said Conservative Home in an analysis of its latest results.
“The sum of Opinium, YouGov, and our poll shows that Truss will win by a margin of about 70-30 and 60-40, maybe a little higher, maybe a little lower,” says. The new item in the last poll, conducted after voting, was about the Ask how many members have already voted. The website found that 60 percent of respondents answered yes and 40 percent no.
Meanwhile, candidates are continuing their campaigns in different parts of the UK to attract to convince those who did not still cast their vote and arrived in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
