Liz Truss refuses to rule out spending cuts to pay for reduced tax rates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : PM says she accepts 'we should have laid ground better' after mini-budget sparked economic turmoilLiz Truss has refused to rule out public spending cuts and a real-terms drop in benefits to help pay for the mini-budget, as she sought to quell fury over her handling of the economy by admitting she should have "laid the ground better".
41% : Truss said the government was "not living in a perfect world" when pressed on whether public spending cuts would help counterbalance the loss in revenue for easing taxes on higher earners.
40% : Gove cited concerns over the 45p tax rate cut and the scrapping of the cap on bankers' bonuses, saying: "At a time when people are suffering ... when you have additional billions of pounds in play, to have as your principal decision, the headline tax move cutting tax for the wealthiest, that is a display of the wrong values."
37% : While she said pensions would rise with inflation due to the triple lock, Truss refused to rule out public spending cuts or benefits rising lower than the level of inflation, meaning a real-terms cut.

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