Truss is reassuring her backbenchers she is in listening mode
12 Oct 2022
“This is reassurance week,” one ally of Liz Truss told me. There’s one problem: the financial markets, Conservative MPs and in turn, the public are far from reassured, despite the government’s more conciliatory tone. Last month’s mini-Budget already seems like a long time ago but it continues to haunt Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng.