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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Liz Truss vows to cut taxes ‘immediately’ to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Liz Truss has pledged to cut taxes “immediately” if she wins the race for No 10, a plan condemned by rival Rishi Sunak as insufficient to help the most vulnerable amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis.

Ms Truss said she would use a September emergency budget to reverse the national insurance rate rise brought in by Mr Sunak when he was chancellor.

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