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I told Liz Truss she was going too fast, says Kwasi Kwarteng

I told Liz Truss she was going too fast, says Kwasi Kwarteng

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Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said he warned Liz Truss she was going too fast with her ill-fated economic plans. In his first interview since he was sacked by the then PM, Mr Kwarteng told TalkTV he had warned her to “slow down” after September’s mini-budget. He said he told her it was “mad” to fire him and she would only last “three or four weeks” if she did. “Little did I know it was only going to be six days,” he added. Mr Kwarteng was dramatically fired by Ms Truss in October, two weeks after their tax-cutting mini-budget sparked turmoil on financial markets. After abandoning almost all of the plan in a bid to stay in power, she announced her resignation a few days later after support from Tory MPs ebbed away. Speaking to TalkTV Mr Kwarteng said that he had war...
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