Liz Truss has urged the government to reduce benefits for those most in need – saying it will “not be easy but it will be worth doing”.
The former prime minister – who lasted just 49 days in the top job – spoke at the Institute for Government this week to promote the same trickle-down agenda that saw her get ousted from office.
She called on the government to “reduce benefits, raise the retirement age and abolish the windfall tax” in a move that is synonymous with the trickle-down economic policies that put a multi-billion pound hole in the country’s finances.
It comes after it was revealed that Truss has been claiming from the £115,000-a-year public fund awarded to former prime ministers to run their offices, despite only serving for less than two months.
Cabinet Office accounts released on Tuesday show that the Conservative MP claimed £23,310 in her first five months out of office.
It was understood she has continued to claim in the current financial year that started in April, but the sum will not be disclosed until next year’s report.
Truss’s office declined to comment.
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