Rearranging the deckchairs in Government

South West Wiltshire Liberal Democrat democrats have described the new Prime Minister Liz Truss a Boris Johnson loyalist, and criticised the new PM for failing to act on the energy crisis, neglecting the NHS and voting for tax rises.

Responding to Liz Truss winning the Conservative Party Leadership Contest, Parliamentary spokesperson for South West Wiltshire constituency, Ellen Nicholson, said:

"Liz Truss is a continuity choice, following Johnson and through the past few months, the Conservatives have failed to act on soaring energy bills, leaving local residents in despair and small businesses going to the wall.

"They have shown they are completely out of touch with people across Wiltshire. It is time they listened to Liberal Democrat calls to freeze energy bills to save families and pensioners from an economic catastrophe.

"Liz Truss is a Boris Johnson loyalist who voted to hike taxes on local people and spent months failing to act on soaring energy bills. She also oversaw cuts to funding to tackle sewage dumping during her time as Environment Secretary, cuts that have contributed to the River Wey and other local rivers becoming some of the worst polluted in the country. Her premiership represents more of the same failed Conservative party policies that have led to a cost of living crisis and our local NHS services stretched to breaking point.

"People across Wiltshire are sick and tired of a Government which simply doesn't represent them and takes them for granted. At the next general election, voters will face the choice between yet more years of chaos and crisis under the Conservatives, or voting for a hard-working Liberal Democrat MP."