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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy Gibbons

UNCOVERED: Final two come to blows over tax plans in fierce tory leadership race | History Defined

PA Media

The £30bn tax-slashing plans of Liz Truss have been savaged by economists, who are warning they will fuel inflation and risk a return to austerity while busting Treasury rules.

The Tory leadership race favourite was dragged into a damaging row about the credibility of her strategy after she argued it would tame soaring inflation – turning economic orthodoxy on its head.

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