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hello and welcome. prime minister liz truss will try to save her leadership this week as three conservative mps publicly call for her resignation. it comes as all eyes are on the markets this morning after the appointment of new chancellorjeremy hunt on friday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. fighting for her political survival, today she will try and show she is listening. as the chancellor works in the new government budget the prime minister will hold a reception for her cabinet this evening to hear their views about what should go into it. tax rises and spending cuts are clearly in the mix, and the plan will be presented to parliament in a fortnight. the prime minister has very little time to convince financial markets and her party that she has a plan for restoring stability. but some tory mps are run out of patience and are calling for liz truss to go. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up and know it isjust no, i think the game is up a ....
Clearly in the mix, and the plan will be presented to parliament in a fortnight. the prime minister has very little time to convince financial markets and her party that she has a plan for restoring stability. but some tory mps are run out of patience and are calling for liz truss to go. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up and know it isjust no, i think the game is up and know it is just a question of as to how the succession is managed. he is one of three conservative mps to see publicly the prime minister should be replaced. privately, many more i seeing it as a matter of when, not if she goes. anger is coursing through the tory party. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but not in power. writing in the telegraph, cabinet minister polly morton said the country needed stability, but a soap opera, and told colleagues they needed to work with the prime minister. the conservative party is now in a very bleak ....