Halloween has arrived early for Liz Truss today.
If Jeremy Hunt, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK, was supposed to formally present his budget plan at the end of October on Halloween, then Halloween has come early for the Prime Minister today. She is set to face relentless questioning from members of the House of Commons about the state of the financial markets and the dismissal of the previous Chancellor, while members of her party are holding an official meeting to review the rules regarding the removal of the Conservative Party leader. If such a day was already challenging and exhausting, the announcement of official economic statistics and the return of inflation rates in the UK to over ten percent has added to Liz Truss’s difficulties. Food inflation has recorded staggering figures, with milk alone having increased by fifty percent in just one year. The impact of the previous budget announced by the Truss government on the financial markets and the UK economy has drawn all eyes to her.