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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

After a disastrous mini-budget can Liz Truss tackle the myriad crises looming ahead?

The prime minister, Liz Truss, makes a speech at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham on 5 October, 2022
The prime minister, Liz Truss, makes a speech at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham on 5 October, 2022. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Liz Truss is hoping her conference speech on “growth, growth, growth” will have set a new agenda for her party, drawing a line under the disastrous week of her U-turn over the 45p tax rate and 10 days of market turmoil after the mini-budget.

However, she is facing a perilous few weeks and months ahead, with multiple potential crises on the horizon and warnings of a winter of discontent. Here are some of the most difficult and intractable problems.

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