Kwarteng’s allies pin the blame on Truss

Kwasi Kwarteng’s letter to Liz Truss was outwardly loyal. But he made it quite clear he had been sacked for trying to implement her ‘vision’.

Friends of the former Chancellor are now suggesting that it was the Prime Minister who was the moving force behind the mini-Budget’s most disastrous measure: the abolition of the 45p rate. They tell the Mail on Sunday that he had proposed not including it, only for Truss to reply – ‘let’s go for it.’

One wonders how many more of these inconvenient details might leak out in the coming days. The problem for Kwarteng and Truss, though, is that they are neighbours in Greenwich as well as Downing Street. Things could be a bit chilly on the Cutty Sark if Truss ends up moving back anytime soon.