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Truss says no to spending cuts. Here’s the caveat

The PM's comments in parliament won’t exactly calm the markets

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The mini-Budget was a spending spree. The ‘medium-term fiscal plan’ was meant to explain the funding. But what exactly is going to be in it? 

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng were thought to have (finally) come to terms with the need to address the need for some restraint, after their mini-Budget led to market chaos which is yet to settle.

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