Was Truss hiding under a desk?

This afternoon Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt stepped in for Liz Truss to field an urgent questions called by the Leader of the Opposition. What could the Prime Minister have been doing which was so urgent that she couldn’t attend?


Also on the podcast, after Jeremy Hunt reverses nearly all of Trussonomics, will there be a raft of departmental cuts? Could we be looking at a number of Cabinet resignations? 


James Heale speaks to Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth. 


Produced by Natasha Feroze and Oscar Edmondson.