“The prime minister is not under a desk. I can assure the House,” said the leader of the House of Commons, in response to opposition lawmakers taking digs at Prime Minister Liz Truss for not coming to a debate on why she dismissed Kwasi Kwarteng.
“The prime minister is not under a desk. I can assure the House.” That was how Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons, answered Labour MP Stella Creasy, one of many opposition lawmakers taking digs at Prime Minister Liz Truss for not appearing at the House of Commons to answer what was called an “urgent question” about why she dismissed Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor of the exchequer.
Earlier, Mordaunt had said the appointment of Hunt as chancellor was done to restore financial stability in the face of “volatile global conditions.” Financial markets did react well to Hunt’s statement on Monday on reversing tax cuts and making unspecified spending cuts, as the yield on the 30-year gilt TMBMKGB-30Y, 4.370% dropped by nearly 50 basis points and the British pound GBPUSD, -0.10% surged.
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