British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said that on Sunday he would take immediate action to deal with an increase in energy bills and increase energy supply if he, as expected, was appointed by the Prime Minister this week.
Writing in the Sunday telegraph newspaper on the night of the announcement about who will replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Truss repeats his promise to be brave in handling the British economy, who struggles with two digit inflation and facing a recession.
Saying he understands “How challenging the cost of a life crisis for everyone”, Truss wrote that he would take “firm action to ensure his family and business could pass this winter and the next”.
“If elected, I plan in the first week of my new government to determine our direct action on energy bills and energy supply,” he wrote.
“The fiscal event will follow the end of this month from my Chancellor, with a broader action package in the economy.”
He said his approach would be doubled immediate action to overcome the cost of the life crisis and plans to provide economic growth. He will also appoint an economic advisory board to get the “best ideas” on how to improve the economy.
“We need to make difficult decisions to make sure we are not in this position every fall and winter. Sticking plaster and kicking cans at the end of the road will not be done. I am ready to make difficult decisions to rebuild our economy,” he wrote.
Truss is widely expected to be called the new leader of the conservative party who ruled and thus the new British Prime Minister on Monday, defeating his rival, former Finance Minister Rishi S Diak. Johnson was forced to resign by his own party after a series of scandals.