Under-fire UK PM Truss fails to calm markets with growth pledge

Birmingham, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 5, 2022

Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed to steer the UK "through the tempest" as she closed her party's tumultuous annual conference on Wednesday, making an unapologetic pitch for economic "growth, growth, growth". Since succeeding Boris Johnson, Truss has alienated voters, financial markets and many in the ruling Conservative party with a crash programme of debt-fuelled tax cuts to boost Britain's s