Labour braces for ‘nightmare’

LIZ Truss could be an economic ‘nightmare’ for Sir Keir Starmer if she wins the Tory leadership race, senior Labour figures have warned.

John McTernan, one of Tony Blair’s top advisers, said: ‘The nightmare for Labour is that Liz Truss spends more freely than Jeremy Corbyn could ever have dreamed while being seen by voters as economically dry as Margaret Thatcher.’

Party grandee Lord Mandelson added: ‘Liz Truss is no fool, she is gutsy. Labour has to demonstrate its own thinking and ideas.’

A survey from Techne UK yesterday showed Labour’s poll lead has narrowed to just four points.