Contender to become the country's next Prime minister and leader of the Conservative party British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives for a Conservative Party Hustings event in Manchester, north-west England, on August 19, 2022. — AFP pic LONDON, Aug 21 — Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss downplayed today the prospect of a UK recession, while the man tipped to be her finance minister vowed "help is coming" over the soaring cost of living.Truss, the frontrunner in polls to beat rival Rishi Sunak and become Britain's next prime minister, pledged in an interview to lead a "small business and self-employed revolution" if in power.

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