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Mark Blunden

The Leader podcast: Kwarsi Kwarteng ‘ghosts’ Liz Truss - and recession panic

Liz Truss campaigned for the Tory leadership on a promise to axe the planned corporation tax rise (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

Britain’s shaky economy is on the brink of recession as new data reveals a fall in GDP.

It comes as former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng popped up in his first interview since being sacked, ahead of successor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn Budget statement.

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