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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Lame duck Liz Truss hides behind Penny Mordaunt as she refuses to face questions

Lame duck Liz Truss went into hiding from the public today after performing one of the biggest U-turns in British history.

The Prime Minister sent new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt out to face the media after drawing up a £32bn reversal of her mini-Budget.

She then sent Penny Mordaunt, a possible candidate to replace her, to answer questions in Parliament from Keir Starmer. Ms Mordaunt repeatedly declined to say where the Prime Minister was, repeatedly stressing there was a "genuine reason".

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