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Liz Truss names Jeremy Hunt as chancellor amid market turmoil

Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng fired as prime minister prepares corporation tax reversal

UK prime minister Liz Truss fired chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and replaced him with Jeremy Hunt as she prepared to make a humiliating U-turn on parts of her economic plan. Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg
UK prime minister Liz Truss fired chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and replaced him with Jeremy Hunt as she prepared to make a humiliating U-turn on parts of her economic plan. Photograph: Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg
Fri Oct 14 2022 - 12:39

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