Liz Truss calls for cut in corporation tax

The former PM said business needed to expand, grow and create new jobs as she called on the chancellor to put corporation tax back to 19%.

Speaking on the fringes of the Conservative Party conference, Liz Truss said firms had been leaving the UK and small firms were "struggling with the level of tax and regulation".

Liz Truss calls for corporation tax cut ahead of chancellor's speech