Truss admits 'disruption' but insists 'iron grip' on finances
The Morning Standard|October 02, 2022
BRITISH PM Liz Truss has admitted for the first time since her government’s mini-budget set off the Pound Sterling’s historic downfall that there has been ‘disruption’, but insisted on staying her course of tax cuts while keeping an ‘iron grip’ on the nation’s finances.
Truss admits 'disruption' but insists 'iron grip' on finances

Since her Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced GBP 45 billion worth of tax cuts last week, the value of the pound plummeted, nearly half of mortgages were pulled from the housing market, the Bank of England launched a GBP 65 billion buyback of the country’s long-term bonds to protect pension funds and International Monetary Fund issued an unprecedented warning.

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