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Did the secretary say that he was talking to the treasury, they fired off a statement saying he was mistaken. a treasury source has told us that the chancellor and business secretary i work together but not engaged in specific talks about support for industry, and on but they say kwasi kwarteng misspoke. the business departments i d say we should make our own minds up and point to the fact that the two worked together closely all the time. the upshot of all this is if there is going to be support for business, it is the treasury that will have to find the money for it, and the chancellor doesn t want to give the impression that he is ready to write out a cheque. and the timing is crucial because in a couple of weeks rishi sunak will set out the spending review which sets government department budgets for the next year or so, and there isn t a lot of money to spare. labour said the government is acting farcically, accusing departments of infighting while the prime minister is on ....