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Liz Truss's plans for the economy could reportedly result in a huge black hole in the public finances by the middle of the decade.
Inflation, the rising cost of government debt, defence spending and the foreign secretary’s planned tax cuts could see up £60 billion wiped from the public purse, according to an analysis by the Financial Times.
Ms Truss is the favourite to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister next week after the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest is announced.
During the campaign, Ms Truss pledged to reduce murders and other violent crime by 20 per cent within two years if she enters No 10 Downing Street.
But a top police chief has today described her law and order plans as "unwise", "meaningless" and "soundbite-friendly”.
Chief constable Richard Lewis, the lead on performance for the National Police Chiefs Council, told The Guardian Ms Truss's pledges were "meaningless" without "further explanation".
ICYMI: Coffey tipped for health secretary
Therese Coffey is set to take on the role of health secretary under Liz Truss after holding meetings with the current permanent secretary, The Independent understands.
Two sources said that Ms Coffey, a long-standing ally of Ms Truss, was a favoured candidate for the position as NHS backlogs are considered a critical issue ahead of the next general election, expected in 2024.
Our economics editor Anna Isaac has the story:
Coffey tipped for health secretary as Tory MPs warn Truss over cabinet
Frontrunner facing calls for a ‘big tent’ approach
UK facing ‘difficult, pricey’ winter, energy boss warns
Angela Knight, former chief executive of Energy UK, told Times Radio: "We've had our energy policy wrong for a long, long time.
"It's a really nasty shock that we've had.
"We can get through this winter. It's going to be difficult, it's going to be pricey and there is going to have to be some assistance given to various groups of people and some assistance into industry.
She added: "At the same time, there is a huge ability to reset a lot of our strategies and our policies and do that quickly so we get some more back of that sufficiency, and that will be helpful not only in the short-term but actually in the medium and long-term as well."
Manchester mayor: Train firm Avanti West Coast in ‘last chance saloon'
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said it is "last chance saloon" for Avanti West Coast, after the rail company's managing director announced he was stepping down.
Phil Whittingham will quit as managing director from September 15 to "pursue other executive leadership opportunities" amid a long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions at the train company which runs routes including the main London to Manchester service.
Mr Burnham, a Labour mayor, was highly critical of what he called "serious management failure" after he was not given plans on how to restore the firm's timetable.
"Finally, there seems to be an acknowledgement that major change is needed," Mr Burnham told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"What this reveals is that the reason given at the start of this reduced timetable is clearly not the true story. If you remember the company pointed the finger at the trade unions, so did the government. In doing that, I think the Government allowed the company to be left off the hook."
Asked if he was calling for the government to ditch the operator from the franchise, Mr Burnham said: "This company are in the last chance saloon because I cannot accept indefinite chaos on this railway line and the loss of those services."
He called for a meeting with the government, rather than "playing politics".
Senior Tory MP received donation from Covid testing firm
Tory MP Dr Liam Fox received a £20,000 donation earlier this year from a Covid-19 testing company that he reportedly contacted the former health secretary over.
According to an email seen by the BBC and the legal campaign group the Good Law Project, Dr Fox recommended SureScreen Diagnostics to then-health secretary Matt Hancock in 2020.
SureScreen Diagnostics would later be awarded a £500 million testing contract by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Read the full story here:
Senior Tory MP received donation from Covid testing firm
Dr Fox reportedly recommended SureScreen Diagnostics to then-health secretary Matt Hancock in 2020.
ICYMI: Voting closes in Tory leadership race after long summer of campaigning
Voting has now closed in the Tory party leadership race, with either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak set to be declared the winner on Monday.
Polling closed at 5pm, bringing to an end a long, fractious contest that dominated the summer and saw both candidates clash over competing visions for the country.
Dominic McGrath reports:
Voting closes in Tory leadership race after long summer of campaigning
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both sent final messages to Tory members, before the closure of polls.
Foreign secretary’s law and order pledges are ‘meaningless'
During the campaign, Ms Truss pledged to reduce murders and other violent crime by 20 per cent within two years if she enters No 10 Downing Street.
But a top police chief has today described her law and order plans as “unwise”, “meaningless” and “soundbite-friendly”.
Chief constable Richard Lewis, the lead on performance for the National Police Chiefs Council, told The Guardian Ms Truss’s pledges were “meaningless” without “further explanation”.
Truss plans risk '£60 billion budget black hole’
Liz Truss‘s plans for the economy could reportedly result in a huge black hole in the public finances by the middle of the decade.
Inflation, the rising cost of government debt, defence spending and the foreign secretary’s planned tax cuts could see up £60 billion wiped from the public purse, according to an analysis by the Financial Times.
Earlier this week Ms Truss promised that she would not introduce any new taxes if she becomes prime minister.
Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s UK politics coverage.
Voting has finished in the Tory leadership contest and the winner will be announced on Monday.
After that, either Liz Truss, the favourite, or Rishi Sunak will become the next prime minister.
Ukraine says it hit targets in region where IAEA team is working
Ukraine’s military said it had carried out strikes against Russian positions in the region around the southern town of Enerhodar on Friday, near a nuclear power plant where U.N. experts are working.
The revelation by the armed forces’ general staff was unusual, since the military rarely gives details of specific targets. A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency is gathering data at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, on the edge of Russian-occupied Enerhodar.
“It has been confirmed that in the region around the towns of Kherson and Enerhodar, precise strikes by our armed forces destroyed three enemy artillery systems as well as a warehouse with ammunition and up to a company of soldiers,” the general staff said in a Facebook post.
It did not give more details about the strikes. Kherson is about 300 km (185 miles) south-west of Enerhodar.
Russia has repeatedly accused Ukraine of shelling the nuclear power plant. Kyiv rejects the charge, saying pro-Moscow forces are responsible for attacking the facility.
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