Truss’s cabinet in open warfare over key policies and coup accusations

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Truss government in chaos amid budget confusion and coup accusations

On Tuesday, Shapps suggested Truss had about 10 days to turn things around and signalled MPs may try to remove her if polls continued to show Labour on course for a landslide majority.

Braverman came out strongly in favour of the idea of cuts, hitting out at what she termed the UK’s “Benefits Street culture”, saying there needed to be “more stick” to get “a stubborn core who see welfare as the go-to option” back into work. “I think you do have an obligation to vulnerable people,” he said, citing the energy price freeze. He added: “I’m not gonna get drawn into debates around benefits … but I would make a broad point that we are a humane society. Compassionate conservatism is a good phrase. And it’s something that I think we do have a duty to look after vulnerable people.”that he would bring forward his 23 November fiscal plan to calm the markets.

Kwarteng suggested to GB News that the mini-budget had been delivered in the “high pressure” aftermath of the Queen’s death.

 

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Rumours of a rebellion? And so, there's talk of a coup The question is - is it true? There's word on the breeze That Tory MPs Are ready to sink Truss's crew.

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