Truss's mini-budget chaos is unsettling an already-fractured Conservative Party – but is removing her worth the risk?

By Christopher Kirkland, Lecturer in Politics, York St John University

Prime Minister Liz Truss entered office with the less-than-ideal backdrop of a cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine. The economic turmoil her government has waged is already creating more problems for her.

Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng laid out their plan for growth, outlining tax cuts and policies that have led to the pound falling against virtually all the world’s currencies, and are likely to fuel the cost…

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