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The Standard View: Conservative Party Conference is a timely chance to restore market confidence

It was good to hear from Liz Truss this morning across the airwaves, after days of radio silence. Amid a market meltdown — even one precipitated by the Government itself — people want to hear from their Prime Minister.

Truss declined to U-turn on the tax cuts announced in Friday’s mini-budget. It follows ministers’ refusal to acknowledge even a causal link between the fiscal event and the mayhem hitting the markets.

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