Sunday shows round-up: Truss defends her mini Budget

Liz Truss: ‘We should have laid the ground better’

Liz Truss joined Laura Kuenssberg in Birmingham as the Conservative party conference kicks off. In more ordinary times, a new leader might expect to bask in the warm glow of their recent election. However, there is no doubt that Liz Truss can expect considerable scrutiny this week, not least with the Conservatives now a distant second to Labour in the opinion polls. Unsurprisingly, the government’s mini Budget was at the top of the agenda, and Truss expressed some remorse at how the ambitious financial package had spooked the markets:

Truss: I am committed to abolishing the 45p tax rate

Truss confirmed she was sticking to one of the mini Budget’s most controversial measures.