Related: Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to comment on possible corporation tax U-turn
Kwasi Kwarteng reportedly thinks that Liz Truss has only weeks left as prime minister after she sacked him as chancellor and reversed key parts of their mini-Budget.
Mr Kwarteng believes that Ms Truss only bought herself “a few weeks” left in the job by forcing him out, according to a source quoted in The Times.
The chancellor learnt he was being sacked after reading about in The Times, the paper reported.
It comes as former Tory leader William Hague has said that Liz Truss’s time as prime minister “hangs by a thread”, adding that the mini-Budget has been “catastrophic episode”.
Speaking to Times Radio, he said: “I think it may be stretching credibility too far to have yet another change of prime minister.
“And it will be a very difficult process for the Conservative Party to identify, which they would have to, one person to take over, you know, rather than have another three months election which cannot be contemplated.”
He added: “So for all those reasons, I’m still hoping she can get it together.”
Truss criticised for 8-minute press conference that ‘did little to build support’
Reporters have called out prime minister Liz Truss’s refusal to take more questions at her press conference on Friday where she refused to apologise for problems created by her economic policies.
“Are you going to apologise?” one reporter asked as the prime minister left the room.
When Ms Truss was asked why she should remain the prime minister, she said she was “absolutely determined to see through what I have promised, to deliver a higher growth, more prosperous United Kingdom, to see us through the storm we face.”
“What I’ve done today is made sure that we have economic stability in this country,” the prime minister said, dodging another question on if she had any credibility left.
Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2022 06:16
ICYMI: Prime Minister Liz Truss appoints Jeremy Hunt as new Chancellor
UK prime minister Liz Truss appointed Jeremy Hunt as her new Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was replaced after just 38 days since he was in office following the economic turmoil unleashed by his mini-budget.
“As Prime Minister, I will always act in the national interest. Growing the economy remains our mission, ensuring people can get good jobs, new businesses can flourish and families can afford an even better life,” Ms Truss tweeted.
Allies of Mr Hunt are suggesting he would be the “chief executive” in the government while Ms Truss would be the “chairman.”
Vishwam Sankaran15 October 2022 05:50
Poll finds Truss has failed to gain voters’ confidence with dramatic U-turn
Just one in seven voters (15 per cent) say that Liz Truss’s dramatic U-turn on corporation tax and dismissal of chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have given them greater confidence in her leadership, according to a new poll.
More than half (52 per cent) said she was right to sack her chancellor following his catastrophic mini-Budget, against just 22 per cent who said she should have allowed him to stay.
But seven in 10 (71 per cent) said that Ms Truss cannot now regain the trust of the British public – including two-thirds (65 per cent) of those who voted Tory in the 2019 general election.
More than four times as many of those questioned by Savanta ComRes blamed Truss than Kwarteng (by 24 per cent to 6 per cent) for the UK’s current economic woes, while three-fifths (60 per cent) said they were equally to blame.
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Poll finds Truss has failed to gain voters’ confidence with dramatic U-turn
More than half applaud sacking of Kwarteng, but majority think she cannot regain trust
Holly Bancroft15 October 2022 02:13
Tory MPs ‘sending in no confidence letters’ to 1922 Committee in bid to oust Liz Truss
Rebel Tory MPs are reportedly sending letters of no confidence in Liz Truss to the 1922 Committee in a bid to get rid of her as prime minister.
The number of letters already sent in is said to be “substantial”, according to Sky News.
Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committe – a group of backbench MPs that oversees the election of party leaders – is reportedly on holiday at the moment but will receive the letters when he returns on Monday.
The Daily Mail reported that MPs are privately sounding out colleagues ahead of an attempted coup to oust the prime minister.
A group of 20 or so “poppadom plotters” met over curry in Parliament’s Portcullis House to discuss how they could get rid of Ms Truss.
There have reportedly been discussions about asking former Tory leaders to sign a joint statement calling for Ms Truss to stand down.
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Tory MPs ‘sending in no confidence letters’ to Graham Brady to oust Truss
‘Poppadom plotters’ reportedly met to discuss how to force out the prime minister
Holly Bancroft15 October 2022 01:06
Kwasi Kwarteng ‘thinks Liz Truss will be gone in a few weeks’ after she sacks him as chancellor
Kwasi Kwarteng reportedly thinks that Liz Truss has only weeks left as prime minister after she sacked him as chancellor and reversed key parts of their mini-Budget.
Mr Kwarteng believes that Ms Truss only bought herself “a few weeks” left in the job by forcing him out, according to a source quoted in The Times.
The chancellor learnt he was being sacked after reading about in The Times, the paper reported.
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Kwasi Kwarteng ‘thinks Liz Truss won’t be PM in a few weeks’
‘His view is that the wagons are still going to circle’
Holly Bancroft15 October 2022 00:15
64% of voters want Liz Truss to resign, Channel 4 poll finds
64 per cent of voters want Liz Truss to resign, a snap poll for Channel 4 has found.
Pollsters at Findoutnow surveyed 2,661 adults and asked them if Liz Truss should resign after her Downing Street press conference.
64 per cent of respondents said she should, 12 per cent said she shouldn’t and 25 per cent said they didn’t know.
53 per cent of people who voted Tory in 2019 said that Ms Truss should leave, the poll said.
Just 8 per cent backed Ms Truss to stay as prime minister and 61 per cent said there should be a general election.
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Holly Bancroft14 October 2022 23:08
Truss ‘will be gone in two weeks’, says senior Tory
Liz Truss will be gone in two weeks, a senior Tory who backed her for leadership has told The Financial Times.
Speaking to the pink paper, they predicted: “She’ll be gone within two weeks.” Another veteran Tory said: “The problem is she’s only got around 25 per cent of the parliamentary party backing her – if that. She’s got a lot of disgruntled MPs to manage.”
Holly Bancroft14 October 2022 22:06
Citigroup criticises government plan
Citigroup has criticised the government for not making a more significant U-turn in its policy plans.
The investment bank said it did not expect “financial concerns to abate as a result of today’s action… Instead, we believe further market instability likely lies ahead.”
Holly Bancroft14 October 2022 21:49
Kemi Badenoch says PM has her ‘full support
International Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said that Liz Truss has her “full support” but admitted it had been a very “difficult day”.
The former leadership contender tweeted: “To say it’s been a difficult day would be an understatement.
“We knew the scale of the challenge this autumn given multiple global headwinds would be unprecedented.
“Our Prime Minister is working flat out to get the country through these turbulent times. She has my full support.”
Aisha Rimi14 October 2022 21:28
Poll: Half of voters believe PM was right to sack Kwasi Kwarteng
Nearly half of voters believe that Liz Truss was right to sack Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor, according to a YouGov poll.
A snap YouGov poll found that 49 per cent of Britons agreed with the sacking of Mr Kwarteng.
It also found that 51 per cent of 2019 Conservative voters agreed with the decision.
Aisha Rimi14 October 2022 21:15
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