Truss U-turns on U-turn as she says she IS committed to pensions triple lock
The PM insisted she and the chancellor will increase state pensions in line with inflation after previously indicating it could be ditched.
The PM insisted she and the chancellor will increase state pensions in line with inflation after previously indicating it could be ditched.
The Sun's political editor Harry Cole and the Spectator's James Heale will release their book on Liz Truss on 8th December.
Current rules mean Truss should be safe from a confidence vote for 12 months, but the 'grace period' rule could be changed with enough support.
Truss has been warned that breaking the triple lock promise would be “devastating for the millions who rely on the state pension”.
It comes after the newly-elected chancellor Jeremy Hunt dramatically U-turned on Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-Budget.
‘The great office of Prime Minister was yesterday reduced to an unedifying game of ghost-hunting,’ The Sun writes in an editorial.
The prime minister admitted things have not been ‘perfect’.
Tory backbenchers are thought to be discussing how the “grace period” rule might be changed in bid to force Liz Truss out.
Penny Mordaunt was forced to step in and cover for the prime minister, who is nowhere to be seen following today's dramatic U-turn.
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