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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

Jacob Rees-Mogg backs Liz Truss’s claim UK workers need ‘more graft’

Jacob Rees-Mogg
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been tipped for a cabinet position in a Liz Truss government. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Jacob Rees-Mogg, a key ally of Liz Truss, has defended the Tory leadership frontrunner’s suggestion that British workers need “more graft” as “sensible”.

Rees-Mogg, the Brexit opportunities minister, told the Mail on Sunday that her comments reflected “poor productivity in the British economy”.

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