Den nye britiske regeringschef, Liz Truss, forsøger at gyde olie på de oprørte vande ved at sige, at regeringen ikke var informeret om finansministerens dramatiske skatteplaner om at droppe topskatten. Det førte til voldsomme negative reaktioner på markederne og et politisk tilbageslag mod den konservative regering.
Uddrag fra Fidelity/Reuters:
UK PM Truss says cabinet was not informed of plans to scrap top rate of tax
British Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Sunday her cabinet of top ministers was not informed in advance that the government planned to abolish the top rate of tax, adding it was a decision taken by finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng.
“No, we didn’t, this was a decision that the chancellor made,” Truss told the BBC when asked whether all of her cabinet were told of the planned scrapping. “When budgets are developed, they are developed in a very confidential way.”
