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| Liz Truss asked why she should stay on as PM | Liz Truss asked why she should stay on as PM |
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| Liz Truss took four questions from journalists during what the BBC's chief political correspondent Nick Eardly described as a "very short" news conference. | |
| The event came after the prime minister sacked her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, and replaced him with former health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt. | The event came after the prime minister sacked her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, and replaced him with former health and foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt. |
| Mr Kwarteng lost his job just three weeks after he announced unfunded tax cuts that triggered financial turmoil. | Mr Kwarteng lost his job just three weeks after he announced unfunded tax cuts that triggered financial turmoil. |
| The PM is also facing growing calls from within her own party and elsewhere to rethink her economic plans. | The PM is also facing growing calls from within her own party and elsewhere to rethink her economic plans. |