Two-thirds of people do not trust Tories on environment, poll finds – UK politics live

Ipsos poll carried out after Rishi Sunak U-turn on net zero policies also evenly split on whether policy shift was correct

In response to the Labour plan to strengthen the Office for Budget Responsibility watchdog, the former prime minister Liz Truss said it beggared believe that the party would want to give even more powers to quangos.

The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, announced plans that would mean ministers would have to consult the official watchdog on major tax and spending changes in order to prevent a repeat of Truss's ill-fated mini-budget last autumn.

The 25-year economic consensus has led to state spending being higher than it's been for around 50 years, taxes at their highest since World War Two and a debt of over 2.5tn. This has caused low economic growth.

It beggars belief that Labour think Britain's problems will be solved by bigger government and even more powers for quangos.