TRUSS LIZ TO TAKE A HANDOUT

PM HOPEFUL CLAIMS £4,817 ENERGY BILL BUT WON'T HELP OTHERS

- EMER SCULLY and JACK CLOVER

PRIME Minister in waiting Liz Truss has claimed £4,817 in taxpayer expenses on gas and electric in the last five years.

Yet she says she won't "bung more money into the system" to help hard-up Brits facing fuel bills of £3,500 a year- and rising.

Ms. Truss's claim was for her second home in Thetford, Norfolk - where almost 30% of children are living in poverty.

Furious locals accuse the Foreign Secretary of hypocrisy and greed.

Mother-of-four Donna Wenham, 39, who faces monthly power bills of more than £200, said: "It's ridiculous that she can claim so much. It's greedy and I'm not impressed.

"It's not fair. We're left to suffer while she lives the high life. I'm just trying to keep my head above water.

"My son has an iron deficiency and can't hold his body temperature so I have the heating on through winter 24/7. If bills go up how will we cope? If I run out of money and my son goes blue we'll have to spend the night in the hospital, putting more pressure on the NHS.