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A Conservative minister has described his party’s lengthy leadership contest as “deeply regrettable” during a cost of living crisis.
Matt Warman said the months-long move to find the new prime minister was “disruptive” and said the consequences had been warned about even before Boris Johnson was ousted from office.
Earlier Liz Truss, the favourite to win the contest, was accused of “running scared” after she pulled out of an in-depth BBC interview at the last minute.
Ms Truss had been scheduled to appear for a prime time interview with Nick Robinson on BBC One this evening but her team now says she can “no longer spare the time”.
The BBC press team pointed out that Rishi Sunak was interviewed by Mr Robinson on 10 August, while Ms Truss has yet to do a single set-piece interview.
Wendy Chamberlain, the Liberal Democrats’ chief whip, accused Ms Truss of “running scared of the media and proper public scrutiny”. “How can she lead our country through an economic crisis when she can’t even cope with a basic media interview?” she asked.
Truss oil and gas drilling plan ‘not the answer’
Dodds has also criticised Truss’s reported plan to authorise more oil and gas drilling licences in the North Sea.
The plan, Dodds said, “is not the answer” to reducing soaring energy bills now as she warned the price cap rise would “plunge many, many households into financial distress”, she told Times Radio.
The Labour Party chair also criticised the foreign secretary’s reported plan to slash VAT.
‘Fantasy economics'
Anneliese Dodds, the Labour Party chairwoman, has been out on the broadcast round for the opposition.
She accused Tory leadership rivals Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak over their plans to alleviate the cost of living crisis.
Ms Dodds said her party would only ever set out plans that “we have fully costed”. “I’m afraid right now from the Conservatives we’re just getting fantasy economics,” she told Times Radio.
ICYMI: Truss will not finalise cost of living plan until she gets ‘full support and advice’ as PM
Liz Truss’s camp says she will not finalise her plans for crucial cost-of-living support before receiving the “full support and advice” only available to the government of the day.
The public will likely be forced to wait to find out what help they will get with skyrocketing energy bills until Ms Truss is expected to replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street next week.
The Tory leadership frontrunner has been accused by Labour of causing families “unnecessary worry” with her “flip-flopping” on potential measures to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.
Her campaign, which is under growing pressure to detail how she would help households this winter, said that meetings offered with Government officials to prepare for a possible transition do not cover all the information needed for Ms Truss to make an informed decision.
A campaign source said: “Liz and her team are working to ensure that they are able to hit the ground running if she is elected Prime Minister.
“Access meetings with the Cabinet Secretary have been offered to provide limited briefings to help prepare for forming an administration.
“But addressing the cost of living crisis will rightly require the full support and advice that is only available to the government of the day.”
Levelling up could be abandoned as inflation soars, ministers warned
The government’s Levelling up agenda could be abandoned when Boris Johnson leaves office due to rising inflation, experts have warned.
Neil O’Brien, a former Levelling up minister and Mr Johnson’s adviser on the issue, ahs said that inflation “will make a lot of projects less viable”.
He told The Times: “Construction cost is even higher than general price inflation.
“A lot of councils will be looking at de-scoping projects or dropping elements. But short-term, ironically, it may reduce spending and slow needed progress, because councils may sit on their hands while they rework their projects.”
Henri Murison, the director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership lobbying group, said: “The problem is the government doesn’t give you what it costs to build something, it’s a fixedfunding agreement, and lots of councils are going to be stuck either having to give the whole money back or make up the difference themselves.”
Tory minister says leadership contest during cost of living crisis ‘deeply regrettable’
As we’ve been reporting, Matt Warman has been out on the broadcast round for the government.
The department for digital, culture, media and sport minister has been talking about the Tory leadership contest, among other topics.
The race to replace Boris Johnson concludes next week and has been playing out as the cost of living crisis worsens.
Mr Warman says it is “regrettable” that the contest has gone on for so long. Our Whitehall editor Kate Devlin reports:
Tory minister says leadership contest during cost of living crisis ‘regrettable’
Backs shorter process to find new prime minister
Andy Burnham: I don’t support the Don’t Pay energy bills movement
Andy Burnham has said he does not support a movement calling on consumers to withhold payment for energy bills in protest against the rising cost of living.
The Greater Manchester mayor told Sky News he understood why people were joining Don’t Pay UK but that “we have to live within the rule of law”.
“At this stage it’s definitely a step I wouldn’t support. We’ve got to live within the rule of law. We’ve got to keep a country where people respect the rules and the way of doing things.
“I understand why people are saying it but I wouldn’t in any way recommend that that’s the way people should go.
“What we need is action to make things affordable for people, but I do feel that that kind of call will increase unless we see the scale of action that is going to be needed.”
‘More needs to be done'
"More needs to be done" on cost-of-living support, DCMS minister Matt Warman has said, adding it was "fair and sensible" for the new prime minister to "make the detailed plans that people need to see".
He told Sky News: "Well I think it's obvious that the package that was put forward a few weeks' ago was done in slightly different circumstances and I think that's why you've seen both leadership candidates lay out to some extent the fact that some more needs to be done, yes."
On timing, Mr Warman added: "Well it's right I think when we have... a new prime minister due to be put in place on Monday, then it's going to be for them to make the detailed plans that people need to see. I think that's a fair and sensible process."
He added: "That's why he (Boris Johnson) and Nadhim Zahawi (the Chancellor) have been working on what the options might be, but I do think it's only fair and reasonable that someone who is going to take over in less than a week's time has the right to say 'this is how I think is best to take the country forward' through what are going to be immensely challenging times."
Chancellor Zahawi ‘jetting off to an international chinwag’ while families suffer, Labour says
Labour has accused chancellor Nadhim Zahawi of “jetting off to an international chinwag” while families struggle with the rising cost of living.
Mr Zahawi is taking a trip to New York and Washington DC to discuss measures to tackle soaring energy costs. He said he wanted to “work closely with my allies on the common challenges we face to create a fairer and more resilient economy at home and abroad” during the visit.
However it is not clear how constructive this will be as Liz Truss is widely tipped to replace Mr Zahawi as chancellor if she wins the Tory leadership contest.
James Murray, Labour’s shadow financial secretary to the Treasury, said: “Families across the country are desperately worried about the massive rise in energy bills that is on the way but we’re stuck with this do-nothing Tory government. Now we discover the chancellor is jetting off to an international chinwag.”
Truss ‘avoiding scrutiny’ by quitting BBC interview, says Sunak ally
Rishi Sunak’s team have accused Liz Truss of “avoiding scrutiny” by pulling out of a set-piece BBC interview at the last minute.
Ms Truss had been scheduled to do a sit-down interview with presenter Nick Robinson on BBC One this evening but has now cancelled.
It is the second time she has avoided doing a detailed interview with the BBC after she decided not to speak with Andrew Neil earlier in the contest.
An ally of Mr Sunak told The Times: “It’s important that candidates face proper scrutiny so that [party] members and the public know what they are offering. Avoiding that scrutiny suggests either Truss doesn’t have a plan at all or the plan she has falls far short of the challenges we face this winter.”
Truss ‘to give green light to more oil drilling in North Sea'
Liz Truss is expected to approve a series of oil and gas drilling licences in the North Sea if she becomes prime minister, The Times has reported.
Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng and Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg have reportedly been meeting with oil and gas companies to negotiate a deal to secure energy supplies this winter.
Their plan includes securing more gas from Norway and increasing domestic supplies, according to the paper.
If Ms Truss wins the leadership, she is expected to invite new drilling licence applications to explore new fields. As many as 130 new licences could be issued.
Green campaigners have argued that the oil and gas produced in Britain will not benefit domestic customers, but will instead be sold on the global market.
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