Prime Minister Liz Truss was missing from the House of Commons today, with Leader of the House Penny Mourdant stepping in for her.
The PM's absence this afternoon (Monday October 17) follows Jeremy Hunt's fiscal statement this morning. He announced the government would make huge changes to the economic strategy laid out in September's disastrous mini-budget.
As Ms Truss battles to defend her leadership, Mr Hunt has scaled back the energy support package and ditched “almost all” of the tax cuts announced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng. In the Commons, shouts of “where is she?” and “weak” could be heard as Penny Mordaunt deputised for the Prime Minister.
