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Things that Liz Truss will do if she becomes Britain's new PM

Below are details of the policies has Liz Truss proposed during the Britain's next leadership contest, with two opinion polls putting her well ahead of former finance minister Rishi Sunak.

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Things that Liz Truss will do if she becomes Britains new PM

ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC

- Review the Bank of England's mandate without compromising its independence

- Create low regulation "investment zones"

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- Introduce minimum service levels on critical national infrastructure and raise ballot thresholds to limit strike action

- Reform mortgage assessments to help those currently renting gain access to the housing market

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Things that Liz Truss will do if she becomes Britains new PM

- Scrap home-building targets, incentivise local authorities to build more houses and speed up the planning system

- Review how Britain will reach its 2050 net zero target to see how it can be done in a more "market-friendly" way

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- No new Scottish independence referendum.

- A six point education reform package, including measures to cut childcare costs

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- Temporarily expand seasonal workers scheme to ensure farmers have access to labour

- Tackle violence against women and girls including criminalising street harassment

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Things that Liz Truss will do if she becomes Britains new PM

INTERNATIONAL

- Increase defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030

- Make Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskiy the first foreign leader she calls as prime minister, and work with G7 allies to provide more lethal and humanitarian aid for Kyiv

- Commit Britain to a lead role in a "new Marshall Plan" for Ukraine

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- Update Britain's foreign policy to include new focus on China and Russia

- Seek a trade deal among Commonwealth members to act as a bulwark against China

- Scrap all remaining European Union laws that still apply in Britain by 2023, including Solvency II regulation and seek regulatory divergence from the EU

- Pursue more third country immigration processing partnership schemes, similar to the existing agreement to send some migrants to Rwanda.