The British Prime Minister recognized a lack of preparation on Sunday as to the announcement of the budget shock she wishes for the country, while claiming to stick to the announced level.
Le Monde with AFP
The British Prime Minister defended, on Sunday October 2, on television, on television, her controversial policy of massive tax cuts, however recognizing communication errors after her budgetary ads turned to financial fiasco in the midst of the cost of the cost of life.
Less than a month after his arrival at Downing Street, the new government’s chef, more unpopular than ever, said on the set of BBC From Birmingham, where the annual Congress of the Conservative Party begins, that its” minibudget “presented on 23 September was “the right decision”.
“I always stick to the plan that we have announced and I maintain that we announced it quickly because we had to act, but I recognize that we should have better prepare the ground,” she said .
The Minister of Finance, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced last week a “minibudget” to face the cost of living and inflation to almost 10 % which strangle the British, but its ads based on Direct aid for energy bills and massive tax cuts for the richest have aroused the incomprehension of the financial markets which fear an explosion of the debt.
“I think that c ‘ was a good decision “
“I think it was the right decision to increase loans this winter,” repeated Liz Truss after a chaotic week during which the book reached a historic low, declaring an intervention of both the fund International monetary and the Bank of England.
“Of course we will have to take the debt to a certain percentage of GDP in the medium term, and I have a plan for that. But what would have been a mistake was not to act”, she said without giving more details about how she was going to do it.
After barely three weeks at Downing Street, Liz Truss is more unpopular than ever with the British – 51 % of them believe that she should resign according to a Yougov survey – but does not gather in its conservative ranks either . Some Tories are afflicted by its fiscal policy and do not hesitate to say it while on Sunday, in a gloomy atmosphere and in sparse rows, the annual party congress.
“When people suffer and worry about their loans and the amount of their allowances, have the main tax reduction for the richest tax reduction is to highlight bad values” , said deputy conservative Michael Gove on the BBC. “I don’t think it’s a good thing,” he added on Sunday when he was asked if he would vote for this budget in Parliament.