The Liz Truss BBC Local Radio Interviews

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BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Liz Truss speaks to eight BBC Local Radio stations, defending her mini-budget, saying she was prepared to make "controversial and difficult decisions" to get the economy moving. Newscast has assembled the full set of interviews. The BBC local radio round has been a pre-conference tradition for political party leaders for many years, a chance to speak directly to voters. Thanks to our colleagues at BBC Local Radio in Leeds, Norfolk, Kent, Lancashire, Nottingham, Tees, Bristol and Stoke who produced these interviews. The presenters were Rima Ahmed, Chris Goreham, Anna Cookson, Graham Liver, Sarah Julian, Amy Oakden, James Hanson and John Acres. Newscast is hosted by Adam Fleming. The producers of this episode were Louisa Lewis, Jonathan Aspinwall, Chris Brindley and Carlie Swain.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.8	Hello there, one of the features this week as the pound plunged in value against the US
0:10.7	dollar as the interest rate the government had to pay on its debt went up and as the Bank
0:16.4	of England had to intervene to help pension funds deal with turmoil on the financial markets.
0:21.7	After quasi-quarting's mini budget on Friday has been no less trust, she hasn't done interviews,
0:28.2	she hasn't been on any visits, she hasn't done speeches or press conferences or tweeted about
0:33.4	what was happening. That all changed this morning though because she did a series of interviews with
0:38.4	BBC Local Radio which is a kind of prime ministerial tradition before the Conservative party conference
0:44.3	which is starting in Birmingham this weekend. So we're now going to bring you the interviews that she
0:49.5	did with BBC Local Radio in Leeds, Norfolk, Kent, Lancashire, Nottingham, Tees, Bristol and Stoke.
0:58.0	It's really worth listening to.
0:59.6	Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. We will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver.
1:05.0	Be on the back better. Blah, blah, blah, green economy. Blah, blah, blah.
1:09.4	I've absolutely apologised for using the word scumbag.
1:12.4	Calm down. Enough is enough.
1:14.6	Has to love Easter. Baby.
1:16.4	Only enough it was tractors that I was looking at. This is not the Russian people's war.
1:21.0	Femme, this is part of all the easy sun. I am virtually out of tools to help people now.
1:29.5	Joining me now is the Prime Minister. Liz Truss, good morning Prime Minister.
1:34.3	Good morning. How are you? How are you doing? Have you slept well?
1:38.3	I have, thank you very much. Good. It's great to be here on Radio Leeds.
1:43.6	I am really glad that you are here as well.
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