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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Tim Hanlon & Lizzy Buchan

Kwasi Kwarteng cuts short US trip as Liz Truss faces crisis with tax U-turn expected

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has cut short a trip to Washington and returns to UK for crisis talks over the disastrous mini-budget.

Mr Kwarteng has been in the US capital for this week's global finance minister meetings but is now flying home early to work on the Government's medium-term financial plan.

Liz Truss has been given 17 days to save her premiership by mutinous Tories, with whips said to be warning she could face a leadership challenge if the Chancellor's Halloween financial statement fails to calm the economic turmoil.

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