Business secretary claims impartiality guidelines breached by suggestion financial markets are in turmoil

Jacob Rees-Mogg has insisted pensions are not at risk and claimed the BBC is breaching its impartiality guidelines by suggesting the financial market turmoil is linked to the government’s mini-budget.

After another turbulent morning for the markets, the business secretary was accused of “denying economic reality” by the Liberal Democrats, as he said there was no systemic problem and claimed the economy was in a “good state”.

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