Liz Truss is preparing for battle with her ruling Conservative Party as she gears up for crunch meetings with backbench MPs and her cabinet in a bid to quash any attempt at rebellion just one month into her U.K. premiership.
A poorly received package of tax cuts and a fractious annual conference sent markets reeling and the prime minister’s ratings plummeting — with warnings from senior Tories that the party could face oblivion in the event of an election.
In a sign of how seriously relations have deteriorated with her parliamentary party, several members of her government penned open letters over the weekend to urge MPs to stop infighting and throw their support behind her. On Wednesday, Truss will directly address her mutinous rank-and-file Tory lawmakers in an attempt to re-assert her authority.
