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This Is Why

The mini-budget goes… (When) does Liz Truss follow?

This Is Why

Sky News

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has halted and reversed "almost all" the tax measures announced in his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng and Prime Minister Liz Truss's growth plan. But will it stabilise the economy enough to keep her in the job?

On the Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson, our political correspondent Liz Bates has reaction from parliament, and our business correspondent Paul Kelso talks about what's left of Truss's economic plan.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Podcast Promotions Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, when Helen used to get home from work, I'd ask, how are you?

0:04.0

Fine, she'd say.

0:06.0

She clearly wasn't.

0:07.0

After 10 years in IT, she was on autopilot.

0:11.0

Then she found this job, training up-and-coming tech wizas at the college,

0:15.0

same skills but with new people, new challenges.

0:19.0

Now when she gets back, I get the full debrief.

0:23.2

Can't get a word in.

0:24.9

Give your skills new life.

0:26.5

Train others.

0:27.7

Search jobs in further education.

0:30.1

Pain in my hip.

0:32.4

I keep feeling dizzy.

0:35.0

I'm getting migraines more often.

0:39.6

There's another way to contact your GP practice by simply sending your symptoms and requests

0:45.2

through their website or the NHS app. We're delivering an NHS fit for the future.

0:51.7

Tap it, type it and we'll take care of it.

0:56.8

Julia, how do you spell vertebrae?

0:58.6

Oh, just tight pain in the neck.

1:07.0

Life comes at you fast these days,

1:08.7

especially when you're a chancellor with a foolproof plan to save the economy.

1:11.9

High tax rates damage Britain's competitiveness.

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