Truss absent from Commons as Hunt addresses the House

Penny Mordaunt stood in for the PM to answer Labour's Urgent Question

The Prime Minister called opponents of her financial plans the “anti-growth coalition” but today – just weeks later – almost all of those plans have been torn up by her new Chancellor.

Jeremy Hunt has made the changes after the disastrous reaction from the markets to the mini-budget set out by his predecessor.

Tonight it adds to the question marks over whether it’s him or Liz Truss who’s in charge.

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