Liz Truss has withdrawn from an event scheduled for this afternoon in which she will answer questions from journalists.
Downing Street doesn’t offer any excuses for boxing a trip to an electronics manufacturer.
It comes as the prime minister battles for her political survival after a stormy week in Westminster saw her new prime minister, Jeremy Hunt, rescind most of the economic policies that brought her up. took power just six weeks ago.
Ms Truss has apologized for the mistakes she has made and vowed to fight – but some Tory MPs expressed doubts about her future.
On Wednesday, opposer William Wragg revealed he had sent a letter of no confidence to the Prime Minister as he became the sixth Tory MP to publicly call for Ms Truss to leave.
He explained that he was very unhappy with the current administration’s small budget and approach to the economy.
Meanwhile, Tory MP Miriam Cates said she was unsure whether Liz Truss should lead the party to the next election.
The comments come after the Prime Minister was faced with making or breaking PMQs in the range, in which she said she was “fully committed” to three pension locks.
She made the promise despite Mr Hunt on Monday explicitly ruling out agreeing to any other financial commitments before October 31, when he will announce his medium-term fiscal plan.
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Ms Truss’ spokesman said the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister agreed on their views on the third session today.
The Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto said it would keep three lockdowns in place but that was suspended during the pandemic due to an unusual rise in average incomes after the government’s increase scheme ended. .
The government earlier this year pledged to reinstate the third lockdown from April 2023, but that was called into question on Monday after the prime minister cut Kwasi Kwarteng’s small budget.
