Liz Truss hints she’ll run for PM after backing Canada-style trade deal favoured by Brexiteers
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury said: 'I believe that we need to open our economy to the rest of the world'
LIZ Truss dropped a heavy hint she will run to replace Theresa May yesterday by throwing her weight behind a Canada-style free trade deal backed by Brexiteers.
And the Chief Secretary to the Treasury also laid out a raft of popular policies to rocket-boost the economy.
She called for hated business rates to be slashed to help the High Street.
Ms Truss said the Government should use some of the £18 billion a year of taxpayers’ subsidised business support cash to cut business rates.
Speaking at the British Chamber of Commerce conference in central London she also reiterated calls for a major overhaul of planning rules to stimulate more homebuilding.
In a clear pitch to Brexiteers ahead of the leadership contest triggered by the PM announcing her departure, Ms Truss said: “I’m a free trader, I believe that we need to open our economy to the rest of the world, I would like to see us do a Canada-style free trade deal once we have left the EU.”
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