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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 6 October 2022 - Truss tries to rally MPs
Description: Her speech yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference was supposed to be a victory parade. which confirmed the beginning of a new era for the Party and consolidated its position as a safe pair of hands to deal with the economy.
Instead, the Prime Minister Liz Truss was faced with chaos and calamity as she fought to keep her premiership alive.
While there has been no official decision made about how benefits will rise by next Spring, it is understood that Truss strongly favours the lower increase linked to average wages.
If that were to become policy, it is believed...