Not before time, Liz Truss is starting to consider solutions to soaring energy bills. In the early Conservative leadership debates, the candidates were keen to talk about almost anything other than solutions to the cost-of-living crisis (Brexit, tax cuts, wokery, etc.) But there is no doubt what is troubling the wider public: bills.
Even back in May, Public First polling for the Green Alliance think tank showed that 71 per cent of people saw the cost of living as the most important issue facing the country. Concern has only risen since then.
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