If Liz Truss does make it to No 10, she can't expect a very long political honeymoon

The Foreign Secretary has focused entirely on winning over Tory activists but she will need to reach out to the country as a whole, or risk a very unhappy beginning to her premiership

Ms Truss has a plan for the cost of living: she will remove green levies from energy bills, reverse the national insurance rise and stop a looming increase in corporation tax.A solid majority of voters – including most Conservative supporters – think an expansion of the existing scheme of targeted cash handouts is the best way to help people cope with the crisisVoters appear to prefer Rishi Sunak as the steward of the economy – and, even more damagingly, they prefer Sir Keir Starmer too.

Even if the other problems afflicting Britain – droughts, floods, train strikes – fade, Ms Truss will have to deal with an inflation crisis the likes of which politicians have not seen for decades. That will be compounded by the sight of a health service under extreme pressure. It is understandable that she has focused entirely on winning over Tory activists. But she knows it will soon be time to reach out to the country as a whole, or risk a very unhappy beginning to her premiership.

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