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Daily Record
Daily Record
Politics
Paul Hutcheon

Liz Truss doubles down on tax plan that sent UK economy into freefall

Prime Minister Liz Truss has defended her Government’s disastrous mini budget that nearly tanked the UK economy.

In her speech to the Conservative Party conference, Truss claimed her widely-criticised plan for tax cuts for the wealthy was motivated by “growth, growth, growth”.

Truss - who was interrupted by environmental protestors - also refused to rule out paying for the giveaways by slashing benefits for the poor.

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