* Britain’s new prime minister Liz Truss has said she is confident the U.K. can “ride out the storm” in her first speech in the position.
* Truss listed tackling energy prices, securing energy supply and improving Britain’s health services as her top priorities.
* The speech follows rumors of a £100 billion ($113 billion) energy stimulus package to help with the cost-of-living crisis.
* By Tuesday evening, Truss had already started assembling her Cabinet, appointing Kwasi Kwarteng as finance minister, James Cleverly as foreign minister and Suella Braverman as interior minister.
LONDON — Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, made her first speech Tuesday, promising to tackle rising energy bills and the cost-of-living crisis in the next couple of days.
“I will deal with the energy crisis caused by Putin’s war,” Truss told reporters on the steps of 10 Downing Street. “I will take action this week to deal with energy bills and to secure our future energy supply,” she said.
Outside her new prime ministerial home in London, Truss also said she had a “bold plan” to grow the economy through tax cuts and reform that would “boost business-led growth and investment.”
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