{"id":37844,"date":"2023-09-16T23:38:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T23:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=37844"},"modified":"2023-09-16T23:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T23:38:09","slug":"liz-truss-speech-on-monday-will-claim-her-economic-plan-would-have-saved-government-35bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/09\/16\/liz-truss-speech-on-monday-will-claim-her-economic-plan-would-have-saved-government-35bn\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Truss: Speech on Monday will claim her economic plan would have saved government \u00a335bn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liz Truss will claim that Rishi Sunak\u2019s government has spent \u00a335bn more than she would have as prime minister, in a speech on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/liz-truss.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/liz-truss.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/04\/liz-truss-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The short-lived prime minister will use a speech at the Institute for Government to defend and explain her time in charge, nearly a year on from the ill-fated mini-budget that helped end her premiership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Telegraph, Truss will point out that under her plans \u00a318.4bn would have been saved in 2023-24, with another \u00a317.1bn in 2024-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I sought to do was change the trajectory of spending by holding spending down and not allowing any new spending to take place over the coming spending review period,\u201d the paper reports she will say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot reopening the spending review represented a tough approach on spending, given the levels of inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That decision, she will say, would have saved \u00a313.6bn in 2023-24 and \u00a312.3bn in 2024-25 compared with Sunak\u2019s public spending plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plans to increase benefits in line with wages, not inflation, would also have saved \u00a39.6bn over two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCompared [with] what we are spending now, we would have saved \u00a318.4bn in 2023-24 and \u00a317.1bn in 2024-25,\u201d she will say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She will add: \u201cEven those modest savings did not command the support of the parliamentary party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is a very serious issue for those of us who want to see smaller government that currently making significant changes to spending simply doesn\u2019t have enough political support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the latest public intervention from the former Conservative leader, who defeated Sunak in last summer\u2019s Tory leadership race before resigning in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Truss will claim that Rishi Sunak\u2019s government has spent \u00a335bn more than she would have as prime minister, in a speech on Monday. 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