Liz Truss’s legal "cease and desist" letter to Sir Keir Starmer demanding he stop saying she "crashed the economy" was done for ‘publicity,’ according to former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.
10/01/2025
Kwasi Kwarteng has compared Suella Braverman's letter attacking Rishi Sunak after he fired her as Home Secretary to a "relationship break-up".
15/11/2023
Rishi Sunak will stop being Tory leader even if he closes the gap to Labour and loses the next election only narrowly, ex-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has told LBC.
15/11/2023
A Labour government would ensure the budget watchdog is not "gagged" by ministers seeking to avoid an official financial forecast on major tax and spending changes, the shadow chancellor has said.
22/09/2023
The price of bonds in the UK are 'worse now' than when Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng launched their mini-budget last autumn, as Andrew Marr suggests Tories could be on track for a pre-election recession.
13/06/2023
Sajid Javid has said he hopes Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng will 'get back together' after the pair 'stopped talking'.
26/10/2022
New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has revealed he's set to delay the 1p cut to income tax in a bid to plug a giant hole in the public finances, as the MP admits his predecessor's mini-budget went "too far, too fast".
16/10/2022
The new chancellor has told LBC he 'expects' the Prime Minister will survive in the job for the next fortnight - amid reports his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng told allies that sacking him only bought her 'a few weeks’.
15/10/2022
Liz Truss is continuing to cling to power as Tories turn on her after announcing a humiliating tax u-turn and sacking Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor.
15/10/2022
Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted the Government's "position has not changed” as he faces pressure to drop more parts of his disastrous mini-budget.
13/10/2022
This is the moment James O'Brien lambasted the Prime Minister and Chancellor, as he took aim at a "prioritisation of profit" in the UK.
11/10/2022
The Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has blamed the “pressure” of the Queen’s death for mistakes in the mini-budget which left the Conservative party in crisis.
04/10/2022
Downing Street said the Prime Minister backs her Chancellor despite the mid-conference humiliation.
03/10/2022
How Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng rode out financial turmoil and poll slumps before backing down on the abolition of the top tax rate amid Tory anger.
03/10/2022
The Prime Minister and Chancellor have backed down on the much-criticised move for the highest earners.
03/10/2022
