Labour says Hunt’s decision to bring forward full overhaul of mini-budget ‘evidence of panic’ – UK politics live

Latest updates: chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to make a statement this morning reversing more of his predecessor’s mini-budget

Labour has called for Liz Truss’s resignation. In an interview with Sky News, asked if Truss should quit, Pat McFadden, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said:

We think she should go because she has got no credibility, no authority. She caused this damage, she was 100% co-owner of that mini-budget with Kwasi Kwarteng and therefore if she stays in post, why is she staying in post? It can’t be for the interests of ther country. This is just the Conservative party looking after itself today and they cannot fix the damage they have caused.

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​Latest updates: chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to make a statement this morning reversing more of his predecessor’s mini-budgetLabour has called for Liz Truss’s resignation. In an interview with Sky News, asked if Truss should quit, Pat McFadden, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said:We think she should go because she has got no credibility, no authority. She caused this damage, she was 100% co-owner of that mini-budget with Kwasi Kwarteng and therefore if she stays in post, why is she staying in post? It can’t be for the interests of ther country. This is just the Conservative party looking after itself today and they cannot fix the damage they have caused. Continue reading…