United Kingdom: baptism of fire for Liz Truss, who presents her measures to Parliament

Published on: 07/09/2022 – 08:16 The day after her official appointment to Downing Street, the new British leader must present concrete measures to Parliament on Wednesday to pull the United Kingdom out of the “storm”, while the recession and inflation threaten the country. Liz Truss steps into the political arena for the first time as Prime Minister. She must face, Wednesday, September 7, the opposition in Parliament, which awaits her on the soaring cost of living. After two months of campaign during which she hammered to prefer massive tax cuts to direct aid to households , the 47-year-old Conservative has resolved, faced with the scale of soaring energy bills, to promise to act quickly. In her first speech on Tuesday outside 10 Downing street, the new leader promised measures “this week” to pull the United Kingdom out of the “storm”, as recession and inflation, which has not been seen for decades, threaten.>> To read: Liz Truss, “a hawk” in foreign policy who is playing her credibility on the Northern Irish file Baptism of fire But she remained silent on their concrete form, the press evoking the announcement Thursday of a freeze on energy bills. And the pressure is mounting, now that the leader must no longer convince only the base of the Conservative party, called this summer to choose its new leader, but to address all the British. The baptism of fire will take place in the House of Commons in midday, where she will face the Labor leader, Keir Starmer, in the traditional session of questions to the Prime Minister. The weekly exercise often gives rise to fierce skirmishes between the head of government and opposition MPs. This will be an opportunity for Liz Truss to demonstrate her oratorical skills, which are sometimes questioned, and to test the level of support of his majority, many of whom would have preferred to see his opponent Rishi Sunak, ex-economics minister, gain access to Downing Street.Call for support from the ConservativesIf outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called the Conservatives to “support her 100%”, bringing together a divided party and in power for twelve years is not a gamble won in advance for the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, two years into the legislative elections for which Labor are clear winners. But the economic crisis, Britain’s main concern, remains Liz Truss’ major challenge, whose results on this front will be crucial in determining her political future. Energy bills must rise d e 80% from October and several strike movements are again planned in the coming weeks, in many sectors, to demand wage increases commensurate with the rise in prices and financial support from the State. Barely appointed head of government during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II in her Balmoral castle, Scotland, Liz Truss declined Tuesday evening in front of Downing Street her “top three priorities”: “to grow the economy”, s to attack “the energy crisis caused by (Vladimir) Putin’s war” and the problems of the public health system. Very liberal government team, the leader, who had affirmed that she wanted to govern “like a conservative”, again recalled her desire to lower taxes and carry out reforms to “reward those who work hard”, as she hammered it during her campaign. So many subjects on which the British expect the Prime Minister and her government, of which she The must bring together the main members in the morning. After campaigning very right, Liz Truss has surrounded herself with faithful in her cabinet, the composition of which was announced on Tuesday evening, starting with her Minister of Finance, Kwasi Kwarteng , 47, hitherto in charge of Business and Energy and a supporter like her of a state with little interventionist and a market economy. With AFP