As the Conservative Party conference gets underway in Birmingham the party is reeling over PM Truss mini-budget. As more party members are rebelling against the PM’s controversial mini-budget.
The PM says she did not discuss with her whole cabinet the controversial scrapping of the 45p top tax rate. However, she accepts the government could have “laid the ground better” before setting out its plan to cut taxes.
Truss mini-budget
It’s a “possibility” Liz Truss has condemned the Conservative Party at the next general election, said Simon Poole from Newcastle, a Tory member since 2019. He told the PA news agency the policies in her mini-budget were “divisive” and should not have been announced now.
He explained: “Those sort of policies would normally be announced at the beginning of a five-year parliament, and I’m not sure that 18 months is long enough.” The next election is expected in 2024.
On whether Ms Truss may have condemned the party’s electoral chances, he said: “I think that is a possibility.”
The Conservative Party meets this week amid economic fallout from the government’s move to fund tax cuts through borrowing.
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