This is difficult, Liz Truss admits after major U-turn

Liz Truss has described sacking her chancellor and junking a large economical argumentation aft conscionable 39 days arsenic premier curate arsenic "difficult".

In a little connection aft a time of turmoil, she reversed planned cuts to concern taxation aimed astatine boosting growth.

She admitted "parts of our mini-budget went further and faster" than the markets were expecting.

But she insisted she would enactment connected arsenic PM to spot done her "mission" to get the system growing.

"I'm perfectly determined to spot done what I promised - to present a higher growth, much prosperous United Kingdom to spot america though the tempest we face," Ms Truss said.

The 10-minute quality league came aft a melodramatic time successful which the premier curate fired Kwasi Kwarteng arsenic chancellor aft helium returned aboriginal from a US summit.

The premier curate has appointed erstwhile Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt - who backed Rishi Sunak successful the Tory enactment contention - arsenic the caller chancellor.