Liz Truss rules out energy rationing this winter at final Tory hustings

Frontrunner for PM rejected the proposal, along with further windfall tax to pay for cost of living support for struggling families

The Conservative leadership frontrunner Liz Truss has ruled out energy rationing this winter as she clashed over the cost of living crisis with her rival, Rishi Sunak.

The foreign secretary rejected the proposal at the final Tory hustings, despite it being a key fall-back measure in the government's worst case" contingency planning.