Is Truss facing another rebellion?
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Katy Balls speaks to Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth.
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| 0:23.0 | Hello and welcome to CoffeeHasShots, |
| 0:25.0 | suspected as daily and sometimes more than daily politics podcast, |
| 0:29.0 | and Katie Balls and I'm joined by Fraser Nelson and James Forsyff. |
| 0:32.0 | Liz Trass' under pressure once again, |
| 0:34.0 | was speculation that she could have to you turn on another plan. |
| 0:38.0 | James, can you fill us in? |
| 0:40.0 | So there is a row brewing over benefits. |
| 0:43.0 | Liz Trass has shown an indication that she would like to upgrade benefits, |
| 0:48.0 | not in line with inflation as the Boris Johnson government had promised |
| 0:53.0 | but in line with earnings. |
| 0:55.0 | And her, the argument that her allies are making is |
| 0:58.0 | that it would be unfair for people on benefits to see their benefits go up |
| 1:02.0 | by more than the earnings of those in work. |
| 1:05.0 | And unlike with the 45p cut, |
| 1:08.0 | there has been quite a lot of consideration given to the politics of this fight. |
| 1:13.0 | And in the conference bars and the like, |
| 1:17.0 | allies of Liz Trass are saying, |
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