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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

More than 120,000 call for emergency budget NOW as Tories continue to squabble

Nearly 130,000 people have signed a petition calling for an emergency budget to tackle the energy and cost of living crisis - as the government continues to stall.

This morning former Chancellor Sajid Javid - a key supporter of leadership favourite Liz Truss - said he "assumed" the Treasury is drawing up plans to present to the new Prime Minister.

Ms Truss has repeatedly said she will put forward an emergency budget "as soon as possible" if she takes office, but this is likely to take weeks to get through.

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