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Evening Standard
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Matt Watts and Daniel Keane

Chancellor says mini budget ‘is not a gamble’ as pound plunges

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has rejected the suggestion his mini-budget is “a gamble” as reaction on the markets saw the pound drop to a new 37 year low against the dollar.

The pound plummeted after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced the biggest raft of tax cuts for half a century in a bid to raise falling living standards by boosting growth.

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