View of the Houses of Parliament in London. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 4UK Conservative Party chairman Jake Berry drew public scrutiny by advising those affected by the financial crisis to spend less or earn more, Independent writes. On Sky on Sunday News Berry was asked about the Liz Truss government's economic strategy amid rising citizen anxiety.The West is facing an anthropological catastrophe «People need to understand that if their bills have jumped, then they should either cut costs, or get a pay rise, or find a new job,» the politician replied. As the Independent noted, the conservative's phrase was sharply criticized. The words were called «gross cruelty» and union spokeswoman Christina McAney concluded that if the British followed the advice, hospitals and schools across the country would be immediately empty. «/>Americans are rushing to the pension savings of the French. Macron helps Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Finance, Kwazi Kwarteng, presented in parliament a plan to support the country's economy, which implies a large-scale tax cut. Kvarteng announced the cancellation of the planned increase in corporate income tax to 25 percent from the previous 19 percent. After that, the yield on five-year government bonds in the UK rose to the highest level since 2008 — 4.6 percent, which means a decrease in demand for British debt securities. The Truss government faced a flurry of criticism. Western countries, including the UK, faced rising energy prices and a surge in inflation due to the imposition of sanctions against Moscow and the policy of abandoning Russian fuel. Against the backdrop of a rise in the price of fuel, primarily gas, the industry in Europe has largely lost its competitive advantages, which also affected other sectors of the economy. The United States and European countries are also experiencing record-breaking inflation in decades.
