Liz Truss energy and tax plan ‘will give richest families twice as much support’

Thinktank says richest tenth of UK households would receive 4,700 on average, and poorest tenth 2,200

Liz Truss's plans for an energy price freeze and sweeping tax cuts will give Britain's richest households twice as much financial support with living costs as the poorest households, according to a leading thinktank.

The Resolution Foundation said the prime minister's energy package, announced hours before news of the death of the Queen last week, would come with a colossal" price tag for taxpayers that was poorly targeted to help those most in need when combined with tax cuts promised in her leadership campaign.