Jeremy Hunt: Liz Truss economic plans were ‘good thing to aim for’

Exclusive: leaked recordings reveal chancellor trying to achieve some of the same things' as former prime minister

Jeremy Hunt said Liz Truss's economic ambitions were a good thing to aim for" and her disastrous mini-budget hadn't left an impact on the economy, according to two leaked recordings obtained by the Guardian.

The chancellor was recorded at a meeting of students when he said he was trying to basically achieve some of the same things" as the former prime minister, but that he was doing it more gradually".