Treasury minister Liz Truss falsely claims government is not making cuts to councils, in BBC Newsnight interview
From The Independent: Treasury minister Liz Truss has falsely claimed that local councils are not facing cuts.
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Tory MP for: South West Norfolk (East of England)
First elected: 2010
2017 majority over Labour: 18,312 (35.0%)
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From The Independent: Treasury minister Liz Truss has falsely claimed that local councils are not facing cuts.
From The Independent: Liz Truss, the Tory minister who thought Britain’s level of cheese imports was a ‘disgrace’, had a paltry answer when it came to charging welfare claimants 55p-per-minute to call the government helpline.
From PoliticsHome: Justice Secretary Liz Truss has said in the House of Commons that the aggressive barking of guard dogs outside prisons could prevent drones delivering banned items to inmates.
Speaking during Justice Questions, the Cabinet minister said the Government was reviewing measures such as extra netting, before adding:
“I was at HMP Pentonville last week. They’ve now got patrol dogs who are barking, which helps deter drones. So we are using all kinds of solutions to deal with contraband coming into our prison.”