How Liz Truss dug in over pledge to axe corporation tax rise

With speculation mounting of another mini-budget U-turn, we look at what the PM and her allies said about her policy

Liz Truss put adherence to principle at the heart of her bid for the leadership of the Conservative party, often using her support for cutting corporation tax to illustrate a wider preference for letting people and businesses keep more of their own money.

However, now the policy has been mooted as one of those that could be chopped to help fill a 65bn black hole of unfunded revenue loss in the mini-budget.