The Chancellor has vowed he is “absolutely 100 per cent not going anywhere” as the Government came under pressure to U-turn over key parts of the mini-budget.
Kwasi Kwarteng, who is in Washington to meet with the International Monetary Fund, said his “total focus is on delivering on the mini-budget”.
However he refused to confirm whether the Government would plough ahead with all of the policies.
On speculation that the Government will reverse a plan not to raise corporation tax, he said: “My total focus is on delivering on the mini-budget and making sure that we get growth back into our economy.
“That’s the central prize, that’s the main focus of my job.”
Leading economists, senior Tory MPs and members of the opposition have called on the Prime Minister to reconsider tax cuts announced in last month’s mini-budget.
It comes after Ms Truss endured a bruising appearance with the backbench 1922 Committee on Wednesday evening, with Commons Education Committee chairman Robert Halfon telling her she had “trashed the last 10 years of workers’ Conservatism”.
With Ms Truss’s leadership already being questioned after little more than a month in the job, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Thursday a change at the top of the party would be a “disastrously bad idea”.
