It has been reported that some Tory MPs are preparing to vote with Labour to prevent measures announced by the chancellor on 23 September, including abolishing the top rate of income tax.
In a sign that the leadership is now indeed on a collision course with many of its own MPs over the mini-budget, former cabinet minister Julian Smith posted on social media:"The first job of an MP is to act in the interest of their constituents and in the national interest. We cannot clap for carers one month and cut tax for millionaires months later."
"You can't go on year after year without reviewing your core. That is good business. It's good leadership," he told Sky News's Ridge on Sunday programme.He continued:"So a different way of thinking was required. And the huge majority of investment in the financial statement was about that different way of thinking."
Mr Gove told the BBC Ms Truss was right to acknowledge that"there needs to be a recognition of mistakes", adding:"But it is still the case that there is an inadequate realisation at the top of government about the scale of change required. While she argued that the government"simply didn't have time" to publish OBR data alongside Mr Kwarteng's mini-budget.Liz Truss 'a danger to the economy'in a fresh poll - as Labour jumped to a 19-point lead.
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