Cost-of-living talks before Tory leadership concludes branded ‘bizarre’ by Truss

Liz Truss during a hustings event in Darlington (Danny Lawson/PA)

Liz Truss has branded proposals to agree support for rising energy bills with the Government and Rishi Sunak before the Tory leadership contest is over as “bizarre”.

The front runner in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister made the comments as she and her opponent faced growing calls to spell out how they will deal with a spike in energy prices.