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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Liz Truss: economic consensus since 1997 to blame for UK woes – not me

Liz Truss
Liz Truss accused the Bank of England and OBR of being part of ‘an orthodoxy gradually moving to the left’. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Liz Truss will blame the UK’s economic problems on “25 years of economic consensus” as she doubles down on the policy proposals that helped trigger financial turmoil and caused her to be ousted from Downing Street after just 49 days.

The former prime minister will give a speech at the Institute for Government on Monday, almost exactly a year since her government’s “mini-budget”, which caused the pound to crash and ultimately led to her downfall.

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