Liz Truss will cut taxes in parts of the country chosen by the government

Liz Truss plans to levy higher tax rates stockings and undressing regulations in certain parts of the country chosen by the government.

The prime minister is reportedly planning to designate the areas as 'investment zones' - and will claim that this approach could boost economic growth.

Businesses based in the Selected regions will be able to ignore some environmental regulations and pay lower tax rates.

And the workers who live there could pay personal income taxes and national insurance at reduced rates , reports the newspaper Sun On Sunday, which supports the government. .

Details of the plans are reportedly still being worked out, but an announcement could come as soon as Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's emergency budget on Friday.

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Implementation plans du tax cuts in only certain parts of the country may raise eyebrows because the government has already been criticized for playing political favorites.

A previous policy, the Towns Fund, selected areas for benefit from a pot of investment - but this has mostly been funneled into conservative areas.

An investigation of parliament's spending watchdog, the public accounts committee, concluded last year that the process to receive the fund was "not impartial" and that the decisions were "politically motivated".

Thirty-nine of the 45 places to receive the fund The first round of funding were represented by MPs preservatives.

It is not clear which domains will benefit from 'Investment Zone' tax reductions or how they will be selected.

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