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'I'll lead Tories into next election,' says embattled Liz Truss─── 13:00 Tue, 18 Oct 2022
Liz Truss has insisted she will lead the Tories into the next general election, despite U-turns leaving her battling to salvage her authority.
The PM apologised for making mistakes, after the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt junked almost all of her tax-cutting plans to stabilise market turmoil.
She added her month-old premiership "hasn't been perfect", but she had "fixed" mistakes.
And she said it would have been "irresponsible" not to change course.
In an interview with the BBC, she said she was still committed to boosting UK economic growth, but acknowledged it would now take longer to achieve.
"I remain committed to the vision, but we will have to deliver that in a different way," she said.
It comes after a dramatic day at Westminster, after Mr Hunt announced that nearly all the tax cuts announced at last month's mini-budget would be scrapped.
The decision has been welcomed by investors, but has left Ms Truss's economic agenda in tatters only weeks into her time in No 10.
BBC News/Chris Mason, political editor & Paul Seddon, political reporter
