Some sources, including some from within the Tory Party, are starting to ask the previously unthinkable – could Prime Minister Liz Truss be forced out just five weeks into her premiership?
Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng
Meanwhile some sources, including some from within the Tory Party, are starting to ask the previously unthinkable – could Prime Minister Liz Truss be forced out just five weeks into her premiership? While Downing Street insisted there were no plans for further changes to the mini-budget package, the financial markets appeared to disagree.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund said it is sometimes right for a"recalibration" of policies. Ms Georgieva also confirmed IMF leaders have had a"constructive" meeting with Mr Kwarteng after the institution's chief economist said the UK Government's tax cuts threatened to cause"problems" for the British economy.
Meanwhile, the editor of the influential ConservativeHome website, Paul Goodman, suggested there has been speculation about replacing Ms Truss with a joint ticket involving her former leadership rivals Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt."I think changing the leadership would be a disastrously bad idea politically and also economically.
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