Liz Truss lashes out as Tories apologise for her disastrous mini-budget
Liz Truss has lashed out at the Conservatives after the party formally apologised to the public for her disastrous so-called mini-budget. The former prime minister said Tory shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride “kowtowed to the failed Treasury Orthodoxy” and had worked to undermine her as prime minister. “My plan to turbocharge the economy and get Britain growing again provided the only pathway for the Conservatives to avoid a catastrophic defeat at the election,” Ms Truss claimed. It came as Sir Mel made a speech in which he promised the Conservatives will “never again” make spending pledges the government cannot afford. Attacking Ms Truss over her chaotic premiership, Mr Stride said: “The credibility of the UK’s economic framework was undermined by spending billions on subsidising energy bills and tax cuts, with no proper plan for how this would be paid for.”Liz Truss said her economic plans were the only way the Tories could have stayed in power More