London | British Prime Minister Liz Truss has vowed to scrap all European Union rules by the year’s end and shrink the size of government, in an unabashed shift towards libertarian, free-market conservatism.
Delivering the closing speech at the Conservative Party’s annual conference in Birmingham on Wednesday, Ms Truss looked to draw a line under a tumultuous and conflict-riven fortnight.
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