Will act on energy crisis in a week, Liz Truss promises ahead of UK PM poll result
India Today
Liz Truss has pledged to set out "immediate action on energy bills and energy supply" in a week if she is elected as UK PM.
In the run-up to the UK election results, scheduled to be announced on Monday, Liz Truss, who is likely to be elected as the next Conservative leader, has pledged to set out "immediate action on energy bills and energy supply" in her first week in office, as a prelude to a budget that would take place later this month.
In an article in The Telegraph, Liz Truss wrote, "We need to take the difficult decisions to ensure we are not in this position every autumn and winter. Sticking plasters and kicking the can down the road will not do."
The British foreign minister has already pledged to deliver a financial statement within two weeks of taking office.
Voting in the Tory leadership race closed at 5 pm on Friday, with Truss widely expected to defeat her rival Rishi Sunak, a former chancellor, and take over as the next Prime Minister.
The victor will be announced by Sir Graham Brady at 12:30 pm on Monday, with the candidates getting to know the election results 10 minutes earlier.
The handover of power from outgoing PM Boris Johnson to the new Conservative leader will take office a day later. The winner- Liz Turss or Rishi Sunak- will meet Queen Elizabeth II at Scotland's Balmoral Castle and be asked to form a government. After returning to Downing Street around 4pm, the new Conservative leader will spend the afternoon and evening assembling their Cabinet.
An ally of Truss said that if she is elected to power, it is likely that she will consider setting out her plans to tackle the energy crisis plaguing the nation to her Cabinet ministers within 24 hours of taking office.
