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British Prime Minister Liz Truss insists she would push ahead with her contentious programme to boost sluggish economic growth, despite market turbulence and sacking her finance minister. Truss says she is "absolutely determined to see through what I have promised to deliver, a higher growth, more prosperous United Kingdom", even after being forced to climb down on key parts of the plan. SOUNDBITE
Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed to steer the UK "through the tempest" as she closed her party's tumultuous annual conference on Wednesday, making an unapologetic pitch for economic "growth, growth, growth". Just a month since she succeeded Boris Johnson, Truss has alienated voters, financial markets and many in the ruling Conservative party with a crash programme of debt-fuelled tax cuts to boost Britain's stagnant economy. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot tells us more.
France 24’s London correspondent Benedicte Paviot reports from 10 Downing Street, where new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday blamed his predecessor Liz Truss for “mistakes” he vowed to fix in his first public comments as leader of the country.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss described herself as “a fighter and not a quitter” Wednesday as she faced a hostile opposition and fury from her own Conservative Party over her botched economic plan. Within hours of the defiant statement, her government was teetering on the verge of collapse. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot reports from London.
Embattled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday (October 17) apologised for going "too far too fast" with reforms that triggered economic turmoil, but vowed to remain leader despite a series of humiliating climbdowns.
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