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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom & Ashley Cowburn

Tories threaten to cut benefits and the state to pay for tax cuts for the rich

Tory ministers are threatening millions of poor Brits with a real-terms benefits cut and will rein in government spending to help fund tax cuts for the rich.

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury today declared “I’m not going to apologise” after the economy was hurled into turmoil after the mini-Budget.

Liz Truss was finally breaking her week-long silence this morning after the Bank of England announced a £65bn bond bailout to steady the markets.

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