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Prime Minister Truss said her government wanted to help people with their energy bills “but we went too far and too fast.”

British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves Downing Street to attend her first Prime Minister’s Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022.
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Britain’s Prime Minister Liz
Truss has apologised for “mistakes” in her programme that caused
investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge
before nearly all of it was finally shredded on Monday, but said
she would not step down.

“I do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the
mistakes that have been made,” Truss told the BBC.

“I wanted to act but to help people with their energy bills
to deal with the issue of high taxes, but we went too far and
too fast.”

Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt, who was appointed on Friday
after Truss sacked her close ally Kwasi Kwarteng, jettisoned the
remaining major planks of her agenda on Monday, including
scaling back her vast energy support scheme.

Asked if she was now prime minister in name only, Truss said
she had appointed Hunt because she knew she had to change
direction.

“It would have been completely irresponsible for me not to
act in the national interest in the way where I have,” she said.

“It was right that we changed policy.”

Truss, who became leader less than six weeks ago, said she
would lead her Conservative Party into the next election.

“I’m sticking around because I was elected to deliver for this country,” she said. “And that is what I am determined to do.”

Source: Reuters

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