Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng insists he is 'not going anywhere' - and hints at mini-budget U-turn

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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng insists he is 'not going anywhere' - and hints at mini-budget U-turn
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Kwasi Kwarteng told reporters that he remains 'totally focused' on delivering the government's growth plan

The proposed changes to corporation tax and dividend tax are those understood to be under discussion.

Former home secretary Priti Patel became the latest senior Tory to suggest the government could be forced into another U-turn, telling Sky NewsGiles Wilkes, a senior fellow at the Institute of Government and a former special advisor to Theresa May, has also said a U-turn"might be the only way the government can actually get out of this self-made disaster".

"It's an incredibly difficult position, but right now, she's playing for survival stakes. She has to think, 'what do I need to throw overboard in order to keep things going?' And if it's pretty much all the policies announced in the so-called mini budget, then that's the only thing I can think she can do."

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