STATEMENT BY SOUTH YORKSHIRE'S MAYOR, OLIVER COPPARD, ON THE APPOINTMENT OF LIZ TRUSS MP AS THE PRIME MINISTER.

Published 6 September 2022 at 9:28am

“Congratulations to Liz Truss MP on her appointment as our new Prime Minister. Many may not have voted for her, but we are all now relying on her ideas, energy, and judgement.

“I’ll be writing to the new Prime Minister this week, extending the invitation I offered to her predecessor to visit South Yorkshire, and in turn reassure our communities that this government is committed to raising its focus beyond London and the South-east.

“Our communities across South Yorkshire need to feel confident that they can rely on the new Prime Minister and her government to improve the health and wealth of our region, even more so at a time where all too many people in our region are faced with tough decisions about whether to heat their homes or put food on the table.

“In this region we have the ambition to build an economy that’s innovative, sustainable and fair. I want to see the Truss Government step up to match our aspiration with the tools and resources we need to make South Yorkshire thrive. If not, the people of South Yorkshire will see this Prime Minister as it saw the last, with promises that are left undelivered.”