Liz Truss FINALLY breaks silence after budget turmoil and says it's 'right for the country'

Liz Truss today finally broke cover after a week of silence but refused to U-turn over her disastrous mini-Budget.

The arrogant Prime Minister defended her £72bn of borrowing in one year to fund tax cuts - many of them for the rich - while her ministers plot "efficiency savings" and threaten a real-terms benefits cut to balance the books.

Despite warnings from the IMF and a £65bn bailout from the Bank of England to save pension funds from collapse, she said: "As Prime Minister, I have to do what I believe is right for the country.”