Passing the buck...
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Kwasi Kwarteng was 'bounced' into 45p tax fiasco by Liz Truss: Former Chancellor was told by PM to 'go for' contentious policy before sacking him
Kwasi Kwarteng argued against the Government’s disastrous plan to cut the top 45p rate of tax but was over-ruled by Liz Truss, sources have told The Mail on Sunday.
The former Chancellor was sacked by the Prime Minister on Friday, after Ms Truss told him that he had to go in order to restore market confidence.
‘They are coming for me,’ Ms Truss said to Mr Kwarteng, referring to the plotters who want to oust the Prime Minister in the wake of the turmoil caused by his mini-budget.
Now sources have claimed that the most contentious policy, the proposed cut in the top rate to 40p, was effectively forced on Mr Kwarteng after he suggested to Ms Truss that it should be delayed until next year to avoid ‘doing too much at once’.
The PM is understood to have said: ‘No – let’s go for it.’
When this newspaper asked Mr Kwarteng after the mini-budget whether Ms Truss had ‘bounced’ him into the cut, he paused before responding: ‘I think we were agreed on that.’
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cking-him.html
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I can assure you she will be anything but weak. Roll on, PM’s Question Time on Wednesday!
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I'm certainly with Old Boy on the second part of this - bring on Wednesday's PMQs!
Maybe Rayner should deputise for Starmer so that it's the effectively-deputy PM v deputy opposition leader.
