Opinion | The Liz Truss Financial Plan to Save Britain

The enterprise of governing the UK resumes this week after the mourning interval for Queen Elizabeth II, and new Prime Minister Liz Truss seems set on making a powerful begin. Press leaks recommend a number of main coverage bulletins culminating in a brand new tax-cut plan on Friday. Her calculation is that the Tories want an financial restoration to get their groove again.

Ms. Truss will reverse a 2.5-percentage-point improve within the payroll tax imposed by predecessor Boris Johnson, and freeze the highest company fee at 19% fairly than elevating it to 26% as Mr. Johnson supposed. She and new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng additionally will scrap sure inexperienced levies on family power payments.