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Sep 30, 2022
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Could Liz Truss OBR talks be a turning point?
They may have lasted less than an hour, but were the OBR crisis talks significant? And could they push PM Liz Truss to alter her mini-budget? Our Economic Expert Stephen King explains what the talks were all about, what the OBR’s statement about them might mean, and what our Prime Minister might be thinking after a tough week. In this episode:
- What was the purpose of these crisis talks?
- “Highly unusual” for the PM to take part
- Why was the Office for Budget Responsibility’s statement so short?
- Is it a good or bad sign that the talks were so short?
- Who is optimistic about Liz Truss’s economic plans?
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