Tag: Kwasi Kwarteng

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 06:17 UTC

  PM Truss U-turn on tax cuts, names new Chancellor, to avoid her own sacking

  

  After only turbulent 38 days and a quick return from Washington, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer on Friday was fired and a former foreign minister Jeremy Hunt was appointed to replace him.

• Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng play, “Britannia Unhinged”

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – “The Queen’s final act of service to the nation was to selflessly buy the economy one last fortnight,” said one tweet when all four wheels finally came off the British economy.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Fuel panic buying in UK; pool of Army truck drivers ready to fill the supply chain

  

  A pool of British Army tanker drivers is on standby and to be deployed if required to deliver fuel, the UK government announced on Monday following chain supply pressure which has left many gasoline stations empty or rationing the little supply left.