Liz Truss announces Prime Minister bid as 11 stand to replace Boris Johnson

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Truss said she would “start cutting taxes from day one” to “help people deal with the cost-of-living”.

Her declaration makes Truss the eleventh candidate to enter the race to Number 10. Many others have also made tax cuts part of their pitch.

It is just four days since Johnson made his podium speech on Downing Street and said he would step down from office.