some have suggested she could be out the door within the week making her the shortest serving uk prime minister for nearly 200 years. our correspondent, ben wright, has more. it is completely extraordinary. liz truss is only been in the office for a0 days. she has won the tory leadership contest, planning to rip up previous treasury orthodoxy and embark on a programme of unfunded tax cuts to try and ignite economic growth. and now that is all gone. it s in the bin. and today the new chancellorjeremy hunt was clear that he is willing to do pretty much anything to restore financial credibility in the british government and economic system and that will include tax rises, spending cuts, and other measures which just a few days ago liz truss was saying would not happen. so it is extraordinary about turn and leaves her clearly very damaged. i was talking to one former minister today who said, jeremy hunt now is undeniably the most powerful man in the very weakened government and is effec
and embarrassed himself and others. this weekend has brought six more allegations. all are denied by mr pincher. three are that he made similar unwanted advances to fellow mps, one in a bar in parliament, one in his private office. in february, when mr pincher was made whip, one of those mps contacted downing street to relay his concerns. downing street has said that at the time, borisjohnson was not aware of any specific allegations, something repeated by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty
was made whip, one of those mps contacted downing street to relay his concerns. downing street has said that at the time, borisjohnson was not aware of any specific allegations, something repeated by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty the prime minister didn t know about the allegations? somebody from the number 10 press office. so the number 10 press office says categorically that he didn t know about them? well, as i say, i ve been, as usual, one gets briefed on a wide variety of topics w
by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty the prime minister didn t know about the allegations? somebody from the number 10 press office. so the number 10 press office says categorically that he didn t know about them? well, as i say, i ve been, as usual, one gets briefed on a wide variety of topics when you come onto a show like this today, and that s what i ve been informed. dominic cummings, former aide, now bitter critic of mrjohnson, has weighed in, saying long before appointing mr pincher
in february, when mr pincher was made whip, one of those mps contacted downing street to relay his concerns. downing street has said that at the time, borisjohnson was not aware of any specific allegations, something repeated by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty the prime minister didn t know about the allegations? somebody from the number 10 press office. so the number 10 press office says categorically that he didn t know about them? well, as i say, i ve been, as usual, one gets briefed