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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock

‘No new taxes’: Liz Truss ties her hands over funding energy crisis bailouts

Reuters

Liz Truss has made a firm pledge of “no new taxes” if she becomes prime minister next week.

Ms Truss also specifically ruled out a new windfall tax on energy companies which are raking in massive profits as a result of the historic spike in gas prices.

And she promised that there will be no French-style energy rationing this winter, when average domestic fuel prices are set to rise to an annual £3,459.

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