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Some early key points from the Liz Truss speech (full coverage here).

It's almost a year since Liz Truss's government crashed the bond market, and the pound, with the ill-planned mini budget.

I believe that the reason for the problems we have is the 25 years of economic consensus that have led us to this period of stagnation

And I believe it is vital that we understand that and shatter that economic consensus, if we are to avoid worse problems in the future."