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This morning Laura Koonsburg joined the Prime Minister in Birmingham as the Conservative Party conference takes centre stage.

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 trust can expect considerable scrutiny this week, not least with the Conservatives now a

distance second to Labour in the opinion polls. Unsurprisingly, the

government's mini budget was at the top of the agenda and trust defended

her financial package against criticism that it had wreaked economic havoc.

Well, first of all, I want to reassure people that we do have a very clear plan.

First of all, about how we are going to get through this

winter with our energy plan. And you've made that point but also

I'm asking you about how we are how we are dealing with the issue of a slowing economy and this is important because

we also needed to act we all Laura this is why we had to act and that's the point

I want to make clear and we had to act yeah we had to

act as well on taxation to make sure people weren't paying those national

insurance rises going into this winter and we also had to act on

other areas of taxation to make sure the economy didn't slow down any further and

this is important because what the government is trying to

avoid is a serious economic slowdown that would have real difficulties for people.

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