UK PM race: Liz Truss rules out new taxes, energy rationing in last pitch

Truss made the commitments at the last Conservative Party leadership hustings in London on Wednesday, ahead of the victor being announced Sept 5

Liz Truss ruled out introducing any new taxes or rationing energy this winter if she becomes the UK’s next prime minister, making two eye-catching pledges in her final pitch to win the post. 
 

Truss, who is the bookmakers’ favorite to succeed Boris Johnson, made the commitments at the last Conservative Party leadership hustings in London on Wednesday, ahead of the victor being announced Sept 5.
 

Truss was asked if she’d make a “read my lips” promise not to raise taxes in government, a reference to a famous pledge made -- and then broken -- by former US President George H.