Liz Truss has hit back at claims that her plans for an emergency tax-cutting budget would be an “electoral suicide note”, accusing Rishi Sunak’s supporters of spreading “portents of doom”.
This comes after Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said Ms Truss’s aim to scrap the increase in National Insurance would not be effective in helping families struggling with rising prices.
The Foreign Secretary dismissed what she desribed as “declinist talk” while on a campaign visit to Huddersfield, stating the country can look to the future with optimism
