‘Lazy’ British workers catch up with Liz Truss once again

Analysis: comments made while at the Treasury suggesting some workers are not grafters confirm what seems to be a long-held view

The Tories like to portray themselves as being on the side of hard-working British people.

It's safe territory not just among the party membership but also - crucially - key to holding together their fragile post-2019 electoral coalition of the former Labour heartlands and the true blue south.