Liz Truss’s legacy: Dossier reveals damage done in 50 days of failure

• 932,000 people seeing their mortgage rise

• 176,000 more people on NHS waiting lists 

• 365,000 hours of sewage discharges

The Liberal Democrats have published a dossier on Liz Truss’ legacy, showing the damage done to the country during her 50-day premiership.

The analysis shows over 930,000 people saw their mortgage rise due to the Government’s botched mini-budget, the number of people on NHS waiting lists grew by 170,000 and 6.2 million people waited over two weeks for a doctor's appointment.

A shambolic Home Office oversaw 27,000 unsolved burglaries, 492,000 more victims of fraud and 1,100 police officers leaving the force. The Government also oversaw sewage being dumped a staggering 51,000 times into rivers and waterways across the country, for a total of 365,000 hours.

Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Daisy Cooper MP said

“From soaring mortgage rates to NHS services on the brink, the past 50 days of Conservative chaos have done irreparable damage to our country.

“The Conservatives chose to put Liz Truss in Downing Street without giving the public a say, and cheered her Budget which trashed the economy and the public finances.

“Now we have another out of touch Prime Minister handpicked by Conservative MPs, with no plan to deal with this mess. 

“The country cannot afford any more months of Conservative chaos and incompetence, while the huge challenges facing the country go unaddressed. We need a general election, we need the Conservatives out of power and we need real change.”

ENDS 

Note to Editors: