Article 64QWT Three weeks of chaos that cost more than Kwarteng’s job – in numbers

Three weeks of chaos that cost more than Kwarteng’s job – in numbers

by
Jamie Grierson
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On 30 September, the then chancellor's mini-budget triggered a chain of events that led to a dramatic downfall

It is three weeks since the now former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his not-a-budget budget, a package of 45bn of unfunded tax cuts.

To say the so-called growth plan spooked investors in the financial markets would be an understatement; the response was a damning indictment of economic policies that were at the heart of Liz Truss's pitch to be Conservative leader and prime minister.

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