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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Bond and Rachael Burford

Liz Truss: If London does well, so does Britain

Allies of Liz Truss say she wants to put more money in people’s pockets

(Picture: PA Wire)

Liz Truss has pledged to help Londoners weather the growing economic storm as the two Tory leadership candidates came under growing pressure to do more to deal with the financial “timebomb” facing millions of families.

Writing in the Evening Standard, the frontrunner to become Britain’s next prime minister acknowledged: “Londoners are struggling with the cost of living, and some of the poorest parts of our country are in the capital”.

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