The Prime Minister apologised to the nation for the first time last night as she vowed to carry on and even fight in the next General Election.
After a day of high drama in Westminster, Liz Truss said she wanted ‘to accept responsibility and say sorry’ for the turmoil sparked by last month’s mini-Budget.
She is also said to have ‘apologised’ to members of the One Nation group of moderate Conservative MPs during a meeting last night.
It came as her new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that £32billion worth of unfunded tax cuts – which formed the basis of her leadership campaign – were being reversed.
He also drastically cut back the Government’s energy bills support scheme from two years to six months to reassure the markets.
In an interview with the BBC, Miss Truss admitted that yesterday’s U-turns meant growing the economy ‘will take longer’.
She also opened up about how ‘painful’ it was to sack former chancellor and close friend Kwasi Kwarteng. Asked by the…
