Leaked audio reveals Liz Truss said British workers needed ‘more graft’

Exclusive: Tory leadership frontrunner suggested Britons lacked skill and application', in echo of idlers' row

Liz Truss, now the Tory leadership frontrunner, launched an astonishing broadside against British workers, saying they needed more graft" and suggesting they lacked the skill and application" of foreign rivals, the Guardian can reveal.

In a leaked recording, the then No 2 at the Treasury also risked pitting Londoners against the rest of the country by attempting to explain the difference between the capital and other regions in the UK.