Labour has questioned who will pay for Liz Truss’s economic plans in advance of this week’s energy package and mini-budget while criticising the Tories’ record on growth in a sign of how they plan to attack the government over the state of the economy.
As Truss and her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, prepare to present their plans, Pat McFadden, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, highlighted the difference between Labour’s proposals to fund an energy price freeze with a windfall tax on oil and gas companies and the Conservatives’ unfunded plans.
