Liz Truss Slams ‘Gordon Brown Economics’ of Raising Tax and Benefits

Liz Truss during a hustings event as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister, in Darlington, County Durham, on Aug. 9, 2022. Danny Lawson/PA

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made a veiled dig at Conservative Party leadership contest rival Rishi Sunak by criticising a policy of “putting up taxes and then also giving out benefits” to help with the cost of living crisis.

Truss referred to it as “Gordon Brown economics” during a hustings debate in Darlington, in the northeast of England, on Tuesday night.