Saturday 3 September 2022 10:43 PM Poll: most people back leadership frontrunner Liz Truss's plans to tackle the ... trends now
Most people back Liz Truss’s plans to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, according to a poll for The Mail on Sunday.
They support the frontrunner for Prime Minister’s strategy of cutting tax, VAT and green levies from energy bills and making the UK more energy independent.
Yet two-thirds (65 per cent) told the Survation survey that the economic crisis was the worst in their adult memory. Asked to name the greatest threat to the country, 26 per cent said the cost of energy, followed by inflation (15 per cent), the economy (14 per cent) and the NHS (11 per cent).
Foreign Secretary Ms Truss is yet to set out her full strategy to tackle the energy crisis should she win the contest, but she has made several policy commitments.
Cutting the rise in National Insurance contributions has been her main proposal, followed by removing the green levy from energy bills. Allies indicate she is also considering cutting VAT across the board by five per cent. The tax is charged at 20 per cent for goods and services, and five per cent on energy bills.
She has also pledged to focus on reducing the UK’s reliance on imports by increasing domestic energy production.
She originally opposed cash handouts but has since softened her stance and her likely Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has told voters that ‘help is coming’.
Most respondents to a Mail on Sunday survey said they support Liz Truss's strategy of cutting tax, VAT and green levies from energy bills and making the UK more energy independent (Pictured: Ms Truss at a hustings event in Belfast last month)
Energy bills for a typical household will rise to £3,549 a year from the beginning of next month, and there are warnings they could surge to £7,000 next year.
Two-thirds (66 per cent) of those surveyed warned they would struggle to
