Prime Minister Liz Truss
(Picture: PA Wire)Liz Truss has vowed to win the “hearts and minds” of Tory MPs after she was rocked by a fierce backlash over tax cuts — but was then hit by a fresh revolt over squeezing benefits to pay for them.
Just 24 hours after the Prime Minister was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on the abolition of the 45 per cent top rate of tax, senior Tory MPs — including Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt — voiced concerns over scrapping the rise in welfare payments in line with inflation. In an attempt to regain the initiative after a bruising start to her premiership, Ms Truss used a round of media interviews to insist that the Government was “listening” and committed to fiscal responsibility.
