Jeremy Hunt said improving public sector productivity could allow him to cut taxes.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to cut the size of the civil service as he faced Tory demands to slash taxes and trim the size of the state.
A year on from her short-lived premiership, the size of the crowd gathered at the fringe meeting showed Ms Truss still had appeal among the party members who backed her over Mr Sunak in 2022. Mr Hunt pointed towards a change to “equality and diversity initiatives”, with his spokesman saying there are up to 1,000 officials exclusively working on them.
He said: “This latest U-turn shreds any remaining doubts about the Prime Minister’s lack of personal commitment to civil servants and will further undermine vital public services which are already struggling. “It’s time to roll up our sleeves, take on the declinists and watch the British economy prove the doubters wrong.”
Mr Hunt’s speech in the main conference hall came less than two hours after Tory activists had formed a lengthy queue to see Ms Truss.
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