Got to the end of #ThisEngland finally. It becomes less stressful but more infuriating. A dramatised reminder of a little of what went wrong and who did wrong. The Inquiry hearings are still some way off.

Breaking from Iran ….

Actually I’m not sure she realised she was still on air. Still, could have been worse. She could have mispronounced his name.

'We are not going to be able to cut taxes as quickly as we wanted to and some taxes will have to go up'

Chancellor says keeping the rises in interest rates as low as possible means 'we have to give certainty to markets' over funding plans

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The truth is you only book Miriam Margolyes to be live on air if you are either hoping she says something outrageous, or are a new producer who has never seen her on anything before. 😂😂

What's the scale of the impact? Those 5m+ mortgagors hit by higher interest rates by Christmas 2024 will pay on average £5,100 more a year. That's over £26 billion overall - an income hit equivalent to a 5p rise in the basic rate of income tax

It sounds from Jeremy Hunt’s interviews this morning that this is a complete take over of the Truss govt. The whole budget is being rethought. He’s warning of tax rises and spending cuts and very difficult decisions. Aim now is to calm markets - but feels like a holding position.

Times read on an insane day:

* Kwasi Kwarteng only discovered he was about to be sacked when Times broke story as he was heading to No 10

* Truss asked Jeremy Hunt to be chancellor 9.30am - nearly three hours before she sacked Kwarteng

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Today’s almost 9 minute press conference answered nothing, in truth. We don’t know what Liz Truss was thinking when she sacked Kwasi Kwarteng, what the deal is with Jeremy Hunt, what the new plan is, who now runs the country and why she isn’t quitting.

“You could look at this as Liz Truss is the chairman and Jeremy Hunt is the chief executive.”

Conservative MP Steve Brine tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy Jeremy Hunt would have been “very clear on which terms” he accepted the offer to become chancellor.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and announced she will reverse her plan to scrap an increase in corporation tax.

But can her government survive?

Paul McNamara reports.

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64% of voters want Liz Truss to resign, according to a new poll conducted for Channel 4 News by Find Out Now.

Paul McNamara takes a look at the figures.

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The interest rate on government borrowing has risen after Prime Minister Liz Truss announced she would reverse an increase in corporation tax.

Our economics reporter Neil Macdonald explains.

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“We just don’t know what the government’s economic…strategy is.”

The government’s U-turn on corporation tax leaves a “huge credibility gap” in fiscal policy, IFS Director Paul Johnson tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

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It felt like the question viewers would’ve wanted

Is Jeremy Hunt the real Prime Minister now?

64% think Liz Truss should resign.

8% think she should stay as leader.

61% think there should be a general election.

Paul McNamara exclusively reveals the results of a poll of more than 2,000 voters by Find Out Now, which was conducted after Liz Truss' press conference.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 News / FindOutNow polling of 2661 adults AFTER Truss press conference: When asked what next? Just 8 % of voters backed Liz Truss to stay as leader. 61 % said there should be a general election. Including a THIRD of Tory voters #c4news