
Liz Truss speaks to scientists during a campaign visit to a life sciences laboratory at Alderley Park in Manchester
(Picture: PA Wire)A key member of Liz Truss’s leadership campaign team warned on Thursday that a recession on top of the cost-of-living crisis would be a “human disaster”.
Amid predictions of a “financial timebomb” this autumn as energy bills rocket, both Ms Truss and her rival for Downing Street Rishi Sunak are under growing pressure to announce plans to offer more support for millions of struggling families.