Rebel Tories double down amid revolt against Truss ‘Change the rules’

Liz Truss: Pundit discusses ‘backlash’ from Tory MPs

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Tom Newton Dunn has discussed the backlash from Tory MPs against the leadership of Liz Truss after the pound collapsed sparking panic in the Conservative party. It comes after Tory backbencher Sir Graham Brady confirmed that Liz Truss can’t be challenged during her first year as Tory Party leader. 

Mr Newton Dunn told TalkTV: “Well the backlash from nervous Tory MPs against their new Prime Minister and Chancellor continues today.

“One prominent Rishi Sunak supporter the Commons Transport Committee chair Hugh Merriman accused Liz Truss of ‘losing our voters with policies we warned against.’

“And there are also reports of some Tory MPs even submitting letters of no confidence against Ms Truss to trigger yeah, you’ve got it yet another Tory leadership contest, but she can rest easy on that, at least for the moment.

“For there is a little known Tory Party rule confirmed to this programme by the rules guardian of the 1922 committee chair Sir Graham Brady on your screens now that there can be no leadership challenge to any new leader during their first 12 months.”

He added: “Small graces, while I do have to tell you that I tweeted that a few minutes ago, and it was messaged to me by another Tory MP ‘we’ll just change the rules.'”

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said he is “confident” his tax-cutting strategy to drive economic growth will work despite the turmoil on the financial markets.

In talks with City investors in the wake of Friday’s mini-budget, Mr Kwarteng insisted he was committed to “fiscal discipline” and that he had a “credible plan” to start to bring down the UK debt.

He also emphasised the importance of the “supply side” reforms ministers will be setting out in the coming weeks, including his “Big Bang 2.0” reforms of the financial market regulations, in supporting growth.

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“We are confident in our long-term strategy to drive economic growth through tax cuts and supply side reform. Supply side reforms are critical – increasing capacity brings down prices,” he said, according to a Treasury readout of the meeting.

“Cabinet ministers will set out more supply side measures over the coming weeks to make meaningful change. Right across government, departments have to be focused on this.

“As I said on Friday, every department will be a growth department.

“We are committed to fiscal discipline, and won’t re-open the spending review. We have a medium-term fiscal plan coming on November 23, alongside an OBR (Office for Budget Responsibility) forecast. That will be a credible plan to get debt to GDP falling.

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“We have responded in the immediate term with an expansionary fiscal stance on energy because we had to. With two exogenous shocks – Covid-19 and Ukraine – we had to intervene. Our 70-year-high tax burden was also unsustainable.

“I’m confident that with our growth plan and the upcoming medium term fiscal plan – with close cooperation with the Bank – our approach will work.”

His comments came after the pound plunged to a record low on Monday in the wake of his Commons statement last week setting out his plan for £45 billion of tax cuts.

In an attempt to calm the markets, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey issued a statement insisting they would raise interest rates by “as much as as is needed” to shore up the pound and keep the lid on inflation.

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