Liz Truss claims tax cuts for the rich are 'fair' as she refuses to detail what help will come with energy bills

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Liz Truss has said tax cuts that favour the rich are “fair” and promised only vague action on energy bills in a week’s time.

Truss is the racing certainty to be declared the new Conservative leader and Prime Minister on Monday but has still to say how she would deliver help on the winter energy crisis.She told the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that she was focused on growth and tax cuts but would not be drawn on specifics of what action she would take to help people with energy bills.

Truss said “inevitably” tax cuts benefit the wealthiest more as they pay the most tax.Asked by Kuennsberg if it was fair that wealthiest people get more back in a tax cut, Truss replied: “Yes, it is fair”.

She added: “To look at everything through the lens of redistribution is wrong. What I’m about is growing the economy because that benefits everybody.”Truss said she would act on issues related to the cost of energy within one week if she becomes Prime Minister.