Gordon Brown urges Liz Truss to ‘show up’ for workers struggling with bills

Former PM says likes of caregivers and nurses show up in a crisis and government must show up for them

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Gordon Brown has called on Liz Truss to show up" for the poorest workers who are facing unpayable energy bills, and warned that the UK was facing a winter wave of unprecedented need".

As the new prime minister prepared to unveil her emergency support package for people who will struggle to afford spiralling heating costs, Brown said doing the right thing is a matter of political will".