Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 17 August 2022

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1. Truss under fire over recording

Tory leadership contender Liz Truss has come under fire for suggesting British workers are lazy in comments made in a leaked voice note. During the recording, published by The Guardian, Truss suggests British citizens lack the “skill and application” of foreign nationals and need “more graft”. Labour described the foreign secretary’s comments as “offensive”, saying they “effectively brand British workers as lazy”. When asked about the comments last night, Truss said: “I don’t know what you are quoting there.” Just hours earlier, sources in her own team implied her comments were genuine, describing them as “half-a-decade-old”.

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