Liz Truss piled the pressure on Rishi Sunak to cut taxes as she took her economic growth agenda to the US.
The former prime minister visited Austin, Texas, and held talks with Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Ms Truss said they had discussed how Texas had brought “investment, jobs and growth” to the state “through low taxes, reasonable regulation and affordable energy”.
She tweeted: “Great to meet Governor [Greg Abbott] in Austin to talk about their success in bringing investment, jobs and growth to Texas through low taxes, reasonable regulation and affordable energy.”
The comments and the visit to Texas came after Ms Truss used the Tory conference in Manchester last week to urge Mr Sunak to cut taxes.
Tory calls for taxes to be cut are likely to grow in the coming weeks ahead of the Autumn Statement on November 22. However, the Government has argued now is not the time for tax cuts and the focus should remain on tackling inflation.
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