Kwarteng IEA fringe event hints at how deeply thinktank is embedded in No 10
by Henry Dyer from Economics | The Guardian on (#64BTH)
Key figures at rightwing thinktank have close links to Liz Truss and several alumni are now on her staff
Kwasi Kwarteng's longest public appearance at the Conservative party conference will not be on the main stage, where he spoke for 20 minutes on Monday, but at a fringe event hosted by two thinktanks on Tuesday afternoon.
For an hour, the person responsible for the UK's economic future", as the event bills it, will outline his vision in a conversation with the TaxPayers' Alliance and the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). It will be longer than his 25-minute mini-budget" speech and his quarter of an hour - or maybe a bit longer" with party donors after the mini-budget.
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