Liz Truss defends her plans after saying she would not give handouts in response to higher fuel bills.
Tory leadership contender Liz Truss has defended her plans to lower taxes, describing them as the best way to avoid a recession.
Foreign Secretary Ms Truss has pledged to scrap April's National Insurance rise, cancel a planned corporation tax rise and temporarily suspend green levies on energy bills.about how she would help households faced with fuel bills due to rise again in October, she said: "Of course I will look at what more can be done.
"But what I'm about as a Conservative is people keeping more of their own money, growing the economy so we avoid a recession and the best way to do that is lower taxes, but also unleashing investment into our economy."as it raised interest rates by the highest amount in 27 years."That is not inevitable, but we need to avoid that by making sure our economy is competitive, that we're encouraging businesses to grow and that we are keeping taxes low.
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