Peter Ackroyd News Today

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. im sally bundock. its a big day ahead for the chancellor kwasi kwarteng as he delivers the keynote speech at the conservative party conference later in birmingham. the new finance minister is expected to insist the government will "stay the course" on his tax cutting growth plan despite the swift and turbulent reaction on financial markets. this time last week, the pound hit an all—time low against the us dollar and days ...

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