The UK’s new prime minister will set out her plans for soaring energy bills at 11.30am BST in the Commons
- In charts: The economic challenges facing Liz Truss
Good morning. Liz Truss has been prime minister for less than 48 hours, but she is about to make an announcement that could define her premiership. If her plan to prevent energy bills soaring backfires or crashes, then it is hard to see how she recovers. But if it gets a positive reception, then Truss, whose ratings with the public at large are very poor, and her party, which is trailing badly behind Labour in the polls, could be on a path to recovery.
Here is our overnight splash setting out what we are expecting.
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