Senior Tory ministers, Labour party and the public all expected to resist cuts, especially to frontline services
, told them “everything is on the table” as he strives to find tens of billions of pounds in savings after ditching Truss’s economic plan. Health, education and welfare are among those areas expected to be hit.
She faces a humiliating prime minister’s questions against Keir Starmer on Wednesday after one of the most dramatic U-turns in modern times; and Downing Street aides are concerned rebel Tory MPs could seize the moment to publicly call for her to go. “It’s fair to say that things are looking tougher than they were,” one said. “Every department is going to have to play a role in finding efficiencies. No department will be ring-fenced.”
However, almost everything appears to be up for grabs. Truss could abandon the state pension triple lock to help plug the fiscal black hole, leaving more than 12 million people facing a real-terms cut in their incomes in April.
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