Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak should get together now to agree on plan to help ease the “terrifying” energy price rise coming into force in October, CBI boss Tom Danker urged.
The CBI chief suggested the rivals could agree to “target the hardest hit” with support, and pledge that the support would be “simple and accessible”.
“I think they should agree on the principles, given they disagree on the mechanics,” Mr Danker said.
He also called on cabinet secretary to help organise government talks with Truss and Sunak.
However, Ms Truss has refused to commit to extra payments to ease the pain of soaring energy bills as she prioritises tax cuts.
It comes as former chancellor Sajid Javid – a Liz Truss supporter – has admitted “more needs to be done” to help people struggling with the cost of living costs.
He told the i newspaper that a further uplift to benefits was needed as soon as the next prime minister takes office.
“It needs to be targeted much more than the previous interventions to those who need it the most,” Mr Javid said.
Truss and Sunak should agree on cost of living plan, says CBI boss
CBI direct-general Tony Danker has said Boris Johnson “needs to say something to the country to reassure people about what will happen” ahead of “terrifying” energy price cap rise revealed on 26 August.
And Danker told the Today programme that when the prime minister is chosen on 5 September, Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak “need to tell us what will happen – not put it off for a couple of weeks while they do preparations for the emergency budget”.
Danker said Truss and Sunak could get together now to agree on a rough plan to help ease price rises coming into force in October.
“I think they should agree on the principles, given they disagree on the mechanics,” Danker said.
Truss has refused to commit to extra payments to ease the pain of soaring energy bills, as she prioritises tax cuts.
But the CBI chief suggested the rivals could agree to “target the hardest hit” with support, and pledge that the support would be “simple and accessible”.
He said that it was possible to announce measures on 5 September and have them in place for the start of October.
Danker also called on cabinet secretary to help organise government talks with Truss and Sunak.
“They should start talking to the candidates now, civil servants should be working with the candidates now, so that on 5 September we get the answers.”
Boris Johnson complained £145,000 job was like being stuck inside ‘steel condom’
Boris Johnson complained about his £145,000 job as foreign secretary feeling like imprisonment inside “a steel condom”, according to former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
Mr Johnson resigned in 2018 over Theresa May’s Brexit plans – but not before first attracting criticism for comments Richard Ratcliffe said “enabled a propaganda campaign” against his wife Nazanin while held in Tehran, writes Adam Forrest.
“He once described being foreign secretary to me as like being enclosed in a steel condom. I found it odd because I hadn’t asked him,” Baroness Davidson told broadcaster Iain Dale at an Edinburgh Fringe event.
“I think he meant the amount of attention he had from civil servants to make sure he didn’t say anything – imprisoned in a steel condom is what he said,” the Tory peer said.
Boris Johnson compared £145,000 job to being stuck inside ‘steel condom’
Johnson did not like Foreign Office officials trying to stop him from making controversial comments, says senior Tory peer
Water company bonuses ‘not a good look’, says Tory minister
Paul Scully, the local government minister, has rejected the Liberal Democrats’ call for a ban on water company bonuses unless infrastructure leaks are fixed.
“It’s for their companies to sort out,” the minister told Sky News on bonuses.
Mr Scully added: “It’s not a good look for water companies to be taking big bonuses …. The water companies need to invest a lot more.”
Boris Johnson ‘misled parliament on Partygate’, ex-No 10 staff ready to tell inquiry
Former Downing Street are said to be preparing to give evidence to MPs claiming Boris Johnson did misled parliament during the Partygate scandal.
Three former officials at No 10 reportedly believe that the prime minister did not tell the Commons all that he knew about rule-breaking gatherings held during the Covid crisis.
One of the ex-staffers has agreed to give evidence to the privileges committee inquiry into whether the PM mislead, while two others contacted by the committee are considering whether to testify, according to The Telegraph.
Politics writer Adam Forrest has more:
Boris Johnson ‘misled parliament on Partygate’, ex-No 10 staff ready to tell inquiry
Three former members of staff say PM did not give proper account to Commons – as one claims he ‘knew what was going on’
UK government deleted abortion rights from gender statement ‘to be inclusive of all perspectives’
The UK government has said it deleted references to abortion rights from an official statement on gender equality to be “inclusive of all perspectives and views”.
Liz Truss convened an international conference on freedom of religion and belief in London last month in her capacity as foreign secretary – but the meeting was overshadowed by a diplomatic row over reproductive rights.
Countries such as Denmark and Norway lodged formal protests after the UK used its position as chair to drop the references to “sexual and reproductive health and rights” and “bodily autonomy” from the summit’s conclusions.
Our policy correspondent Jon Stone has more:
UK government deleted abortion rights from gender statement ‘to be inclusive’
Liz Truss hosted conference on religious belief but it was overshadowed by diplomatic row about abortion rights
More direct support needed on cost of living, admits Truss ally Sajid Javid
Former chancellor Sajid Javid – a Liz Truss supporter – has admitted “more needs to be done” to help people struggling with the cost of living costs.
Although Ms Truss has refused to commit to more “handouts” as she priorities tax cuts, Mr Javid has said there will have to be further direct payments for the most vulnerable.
He told the i newspaper that a further uplift to benefits was needed as soon as the next prime minister takes office.
“It needs to be targeted much more than the previous interventions to those who need it the most,” Mr Javid said.
He said help should come by boosting universal credit, pension credit or through council tax rebates rather than trying to “reinvent the wheel” through new schemes.
Truss’ crime cutting targets will make police force ‘open and transparent’
Conservative minister for London, Paul Scully, who is supporting Liz Truss in the leadership contest, said she would “set targets for cutting crime”.
He told LBC Radio: “She wants to continue and absolutely deliver on the 20,000 police officers recruitment to make sure that we’re at full numbers and make sure that they’re visible out on the streets, where people can see them, where they’re also adding intelligence for the rest of the police force in tackling crime.
“She’s going to set targets for cutting crime, the most serious crime by 20 per cent, and also having those serious crimes like homicide and assaults, etc, reported on in league tables as well so that people can actually see what their police force are doing and make it open and transparent.”
No 10 can act now on cost of living, says ex-Treasury official
Former Treasury official James Dowling has said Boris Johnson’s government could announce measures to ease the cost of living crisis, if there is an agreement with both the Tory leadership candidates.
“If find myself in the strange position of agreeing with Gordon Brown – it’s perfectly possible for the government to turn out something on this. The convention is not that the government does nothing while a leadership election goes on.”
“You can announce something, you’ve just got to agree it with the rival parties. The problem you run into on doing anything this is that it cuts across the [Liz] Truss plans.“
Liz Truss has offered £40bn-ish of tax cuts. There’s a real question about how consistent that is with some kind of wholesale intervention to relieve the cost of fuel bills. It strikes me as inescapable that you’ve got to do that [offer support on fuel bills].”
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Tổng giám đốc CBI Tony Danker đã nói rằng Boris Johnson “cần phải nói điều gì đó với đất nước để trấn an mọi người về những gì sẽ xảy ra” trước mức tăng trần giá năng lượng “kinh hoàng” được tiết lộ vào ngày 26 tháng 8.
“Tôi nghĩ anh ấy muốn nói đến sự chú ý của các công chức để đảm bảo rằng anh ấy không nói bất cứ điều gì – bị giam trong một chiếc bao cao su bằng thép là những gì anh ấy đã nói,” đồng nghiệp của Tory nói.
Johnson không thích các quan chức Bộ Ngoại giao cố gắng ngăn anh ta đưa ra những bình luận gây tranh cãi, đồng nghiệp cấp cao của Tory nói
Bộ trưởng nói với Sky News về tiền thưởng: “Các công ty của họ phải phân loại.
Cựu thành viên Phố Downing được cho là đang chuẩn bị đưa ra bằng chứng cho các nghị sĩ tuyên bố Boris Johnson đã lừa dối quốc hội trong vụ bê bối Partygate.
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