Despite renewed chaos in Downing Street, the British PM is refusing to quit - putting the onus on her Tory detractors to find a way of forcing her out.
| British Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked one of her most senior cabinet ministers, plunging her embattled premiership yet more deeply into chaos.
“I’m a fighter, not a quitter,” she told parliament during her weekly question-time session late on Wednesday , in a punchier performance than any other she has given during her six weeks in the job. Disgruntled Conservative MPs are either publicly calling on Ms Truss to quit, or else giving her just weeks to reassert her authority and to staunch the haemorrhaging of popular support in opinion polls.
His colleague Nigel Mills backed Ms Truss but urged her to “get a grip”, telling the BBC she should stop making rolling economic policy announcements until the fiscal statement planned for October 31. Mr Hunt is preparing for a fiscal statement on Monday week that will lay out how the government plans to stop its debt-to-GDP ratio getting stuck at above 100 per cent.But Ms Truss on Wednesday again said public spending would not fall under her premiership, making it unclear how this goal will be achieved without more U-turns.
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