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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

Cost to taxpayer of Truss’s £100bn energy package has escaped scrutiny

Liz Truss in New York on Tuesday
Liz Truss in New York on Tuesday. Photograph: Getty Images

There can be no starker contrast between how the two political parties are judged on economic policy than the way the past fortnight has played out for Liz Truss.

The astonishing scale of state spending to relieve the energy crisis and enable tax cuts has been announced with total omertà thus far on how much the proposals will cost the British taxpayer.

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