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Readers have accused Liz Truss of "throwing her cabinet under the bus" after she said in a BBC interview that she had not asked them about scrapping the top rate of income tax. The move to abolish the 45p rate was presented in a mini-budget by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and it has proved the be one of the more controversial elements of the Government's financial package.
Asked if she discussed the controversial move with the whole Cabinet, the Prime Minister said: "No, no we didn't. It was a decision the Chancellor made."When budgets are developed, they are developed in a very confidential way, they're very market-sensitive. Of course the cabinet is briefed, but it is never the case that on budgets they are something created by the whole cabinet.
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