As the race for the UK prime minister is inching to a close with suspense over who will become the next premier, former chancellor Rishi Sunak or ex-cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt, the question of who is getting the backing of Liz T
Liz Truss will support whoever wins, Downing Street indicated.
Asked if she would be supporting the new occupant of No 10, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “I am confident that she would.”
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On the economic plan that brought down the Liz Truss government, the spokesman confirmed that it would be for the new prime minister to decide whether to proceed with the medium-term fiscal plan setting out how the government will get the public finances back on track on 31 October as planned.
“The Treasury continues to work towards having a package ready for the 31st should a new prime minister wish it to proceed on that date,” the spokesman said.