MPs say financial measures have been disaster for Conservative party as pound tumbles again

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng are under increasing pressure from Conservative MPs to U-turn on their tax-cutting plans as the pound tumbled again after the Bank of England’s emergency intervention.

Tory MPs expressed disbelief at how the government’s announcement had sunk sterling and caused market turbulence during the cost of living crisis and worst economic backdrop in a generation.

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