Liz Truss in Policymakers abroad
On Health Care:
Would reverse increase in cost of National Insurance
POLICY: Scrap April's National Insurance riseDATE & PLATFORM: July 10, press release
SHE SAID WHAT?
Liz will reverse the 1.25 percent rise in National Insurance, which was introduced by leadership rival Rishi Sunak in April to help pay for health and social care.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Gun Control:
Crack down on online sales of offensive weapons
POLICY: Tackle sale of offensive weapons onlineDATE & PLATFORM: August 19, leadership hustings in Manchester
SHE SAID WHAT?
We do need to make sure that we are cracking down on those types of offensive weapons.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Abortion:
Maintain abortion access across the United Kingdom
POLICY: Maintain abortion access across the United KingdomDATE & PLATFORM: August 17, leadership hustings in Belfast
SHE SAID WHAT?
We are a United Kingdom and we need all of our laws to apply right across the United Kingdom.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Budget & Economy:
Wants to lower the tax burden, not give out handouts
Pressed on how she would tackle the cost-of-living crisis, she said she would focus her efforts on "lowering the tax burden, not giving out handouts".
She has been forced to scrap a plan to link public sector pay to regional living costs by a backlash from senior Tories who said it would mean lower pay for millions of workers outside London.
Source: BBC "Tory PM" on Foreign Influences
Sep 6, 2022
On Civil Rights:
Allow private companies to decide policies on sex and gender
POLICY: Allow private companies to decide policies on sex and genderDATE & PLATFORM: August 25, leadership hustings in Norwich
SHE SAID WHAT?
I'm also somebody who believes in freedom … they can decide their policies as they see fit … I can decide to go in Marks and Spencer or not.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Corporations:
I would not do the corporation tax hikes
POLICY: Scrap corporation tax riseDATE & PLATFORM: July 15, online Q&A
SHE SAID WHAT?
I would not do the corporation tax hikes because I think it's vitally important that we're attracting investment into our country.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Crime:
Expects 20% decrease in violent crimes by end of Parliament
POLICY: Demand police cut key crimes by 20 percent by the end of this parliamentDATE & PLATFORM: July 26, press release
SHE SAID WHAT?
Liz Truss has today announced she will expect the police to cut homicide, serious violence and neighbourhood crime by 20 percent by the end of the Parliament.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Drugs:
As a Liberal Democrat, supported legalization of cannabis
Truss went to a state school in the Yorkshire city of Leeds, and later won a place at Oxford University. There she was an active member of the Liberal Democrats, a centrist opposition party.
During her time as a Liberal Democrat, Truss supported the legalization of cannabis and the abolition of the royal family -- positions that are at total odds with what most would consider to be mainstream Conservatism in 2022.
Source: CNN.com "Shape Shifter" on Foreign Influences
Sep 6, 2022
On Education:
Review whether schools are doing enough about antisemitism
POLICY: Combat supposed civil service anti-SemitismDATE & PLATFORM: August 12, press release
SHE SAID WHAT?
Truss "will change woke civil service culture that strays into antisemitism" and "review whether schools are doing enough to educate pupils and teachers about antisemitism."
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Energy & Oil:
Remove green energy levies from energy bills
POLICY: Remove green energy levies from energy billsDATE & PLATFORM: July 14, leadership debate
SHE SAID WHAT?
We do need to remove the green energy levy and find a better way of delivering our net zero targets because we're hammering consumers but we're also hammering businesses.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Energy & Oil:
Deliver net zero carbon emissions by 2050
POLICY: Deliver net zero carbon emissions by 2050DATE & PLATFORM: August 22, press release
SHE SAID WHAT?
Deliver Net Zero by 2050--without reducing household incomes or damaging businesses, by harnessing the innovative technologies, world-leading research, and top class manufacturing that the West Midlands plays host to.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Energy & Oil:
Build domestic supply so we're not dependent on Russia
We want to work with friends and partners like the United States, like our friends in Europe, as well as building more of our own domestic supply, more nuclear, more renewables, working in areas like hydrogen,
because we can never be in a position again when we are so dependent on the global spot price and, essentially, regimes like Russia.
Source: CNN SOTU interviews on Foreign Influences: UK Prime Minister
Sep 25, 2022
On Foreign Policy:
Opposed Brexit in 2016; now supports it
Most notably, she supported remaining in the European Union in the UK's referendum in 2016. At the time, Truss tweeted that she was backing those who wanted to remain in the bloc because "it is in
Britain's economic interest and means we can focus on vital economic and social reform at home." Truss now backs Brexit, saying that her fears before the referendum that it could cause "disruption" were mistaken.
Source: CNN.com "Shape Shifter" on Foreign Influences
Sep 6, 2022
On Foreign Policy:
Work with other democracies against autocratic regimes
I think that the U.S. is an incredibly close partner of the U.K. I do think our relationship is special. And it's increasingly important at a time when we're facing threats from Russia, increased assertiveness from China. We are both freedom-loving
democracies. We have such a strong connection. And we also need to work with our other allies in the G7. And we need to reach out to countries like India as well, because we are facing increased threat from those autocratic regimes.
Source: CNN SOTU interviews on Foreign Influences: UK Prime Minister
Sep 25, 2022
On Free Trade:
Retained post-Brexit links with key trading partners
Truss made her name signing a raft of post-Brexit trade deals, elevating a middle-ranking Cabinet job into a daily chance to fly the flag for Britain. As international trade secretary,
Truss soared in the favorability ratings with grassroots Conservatives and bagged a string of rollover trade deals aimed at retaining post-Brexit links with key trading partners.
Source: Politico blog "Afraid to ask" on Foreign Influences
Sep 5, 2022
On Free Trade:
Work to secure a free trade agreement between UK and Israel
POLICY: Deliver a free-trade deal between the U.K. and IsraelDATE & PLATFORM: August 12, press release
SHE SAID WHAT? Truss "will work to secure a free trade agreement between UK and Israel."
The relationship between the UK and Israel has grown in standing over the last year but there is still more to do, including completing a free trade deal with Israel.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Government Reform:
Co-wrote book recommending stripping back state regulation
She co-authored a book, Britannia Unchained, with four other
Conservative MPs elected in 2010, which recommended stripping back state regulation to boost the UK's position in the world, marking her out as a prominent advocate of free market policies on the Tory benches.
Source: BBC "Tory PM" on Foreign Influences
Sep 6, 2022
On Government Reform:
Scrap all EU-derived regulation by the end of 2023
POLICY: Scrap all EU-derived regulation by the end of 2023DATE & PLATFORM: July 22, press release
SHE SAID WHAT?
Liz Truss sets out her credentials as the "Brexit delivery" Prime Minister with a pledge to set a "sunset" deadline for every piece of EU-derived regulation, making sure all EU law is off the statute books by the end of 2023.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Homeland Security:
Increase UK's defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2030
POLICY: Increase defence spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2030DATE & PLATFORM: July 19, press release
SHE SAID WHAT? Liz Truss has today announced that she will increase the
UK's defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 at the latest to ensure Britain is the leading force against authoritarian regimes, including Russia and China.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Immigration:
Don't let asylum seekers to work, makes UK a magnet
POLICY: Oppose asylum seekers being allowed to workDATE & PLATFORM: August 25, leadership hustings in Norwich
SHE SAID WHAT?
The reason why we don't enable asylum seekers to work is it creates even more of a magnet to come to the United Kingdom … I'm determined to make sure that we don't become a magnet.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Jobs:
Would increase minimum vote for union to strike to 50%
POLICY: Restrict trade union strike actionDATE & PLATFORM: July 25, press release
SHE SAID WHAT? Truss will introduce minimum service levels on critical national infrastructure--introducing primary legislation in the first 30 days of government …
[and] ensure strike action has significant support from union members by raising the minimum threshold for voting in favour of strike action from 40 to 50 percent.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Tax Reform:
She has pledged to slash taxes from day one
The closer she has edged to power, the more Britons have wondered what a Truss premiership would look like. She has campaigned to lead on the most conservative of agendas. She has pledged to slash taxes from day one, tear up
EU regulations and encourage private sector growth with low corporation tax. She has said she will not impose a windfall tax on energy companies despite their posting huge profits during the current cost-of-living and energy crisis.
Source: CNN.com "Shape Shifter" on Foreign Influences
Sep 6, 2022
On Tax Reform:
Higher taxes makes it harder to attract investment we need
The U.K. has one of the lowest levels of debt in the G7, but we have one of the highest levels of taxes. Currently, we have a 70-year high in our tax rates. I'm determined to make sure we are incentivizing businesses to invest, and we're also helping
ordinary people with their taxes. I don't feel it's right to have higher national insurance and higher corporation tax, because that will make it harder for us to attract the investment we need. It will be harder to generate those new jobs.
Source: CNN SOTU interviews on Foreign Influences: UK Prime Minister
Sep 25, 2022
On War & Peace:
Ukraine should drive Putin's forces out of the country
In 2021, aged 46, she moved to one of the most senior jobs in government, taking over from Dominic Raab as foreign secretary.
When Russia invaded Ukraine she took a hard line, insisting all of Vladimir Putin's forces should be driven from the country. But she faced criticism for backing people from the UK who wanted to fight in Ukraine.
Source: BBC "Tory PM" on Foreign Influences
Sep 6, 2022
On War & Peace:
We need to send more weapons to Ukraine
POLICY: Continue to support Ukraine through weapons and sanctions on RussiaDATE & PLATFORM: July 15, leadership debate
SHE SAID WHAT?
We need to send more weapons to Ukraine, we need to send more heavy weapons, we need to encourage our allies to do more, we also need to put more sanctions."
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
On Welfare & Poverty:
Reform welfare, we need to get those people into work
POLICY: Reform welfareDATE & PLATFORM: July 16, interview
SHE SAID WHAT?
We've got 5 million people economically inactive--we need to get those people into work. We need to reform welfare.
Source: Politico blog "Truss manifesto" on Foreign Influences
Sep 1, 2022
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