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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss makes a speech at the Conservative Party conference at the ICC in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But already her libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
The prime minister, Liz Truss, would lead her party to massive defeat in a general election, according to the latest poll. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Liz Truss is fighting for her political survival, with Conservative MPs threatening to oust her and even allies warning she has just days to turn around her premiership despite ripping up her economic strategy and appointing Jeremy Hunt as chancellor.

The beleaguered prime minister will attempt to shore up her crumbling support by gathering her cabinet ministers at No 10 on Monday evening and then embarking on a series of meetings with mutinous Tory MPs before the next budget in a fortnight’s time.

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