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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng sacked: Liz Truss press conference; ENGLAND: London: 10 Downing Street: INTLiz Truss MP (Prime Minister) press conference Question and Answers session - Q&A - SOT- [Ben Riley-Smith, political editor, the Daily Telegraph] Can you explain to the public why you think you should remain as prime minister, given you have dumped a key tax cut that led you to be elected and got rid of your chancellor?Liz Truss reply SOT- I’m absolutely determined to see through what I’ve promised/ To deliver a higher growth, more prosperous United Kingdom/ To see us through the storm we face/ it was right in the face of the issues we had that I acted decisively to ensure we have economic stability/- [Harry Cole, political editor, the Sun] You and the ex-chancellor designed this budget together, in lock step we’re told, at times in secret, the two of you – he has to go because of the fallout from it. How come you get to stay?Liz Truss reply SOT- My priority is making sure we deliver the economic stability that our country needs/ That’s why I had to take the difficult decisions I’ve taken today/ The mission remains the same/ We do need to raise our country’s economic growth levels/ delivering on the energy price guarantee / I had to act in the national interest/- [Chris Mason, political editor, BBC] Excuse the bluntness, prime minister, but given everything that has happened, what credibility do you have to continue governing?Liz Truss reply SOT- What I have done today is made sure we have economic stability in this country/ Jeremy Hunt as chancellor is somebody who shares my desire for a high growth, low tax economy/ But we recognise because of current market issues we have to deliver the mission in a different way / committed to achieving stability/- [Robert Peston, political editor, ITV News] Prime minister, the former Tory chancellor Phillip Hammond has just said that you have totally trashed the Tories’ election-winning re...
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