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‘Have you considered resigning?’: Kwasi Kwarteng grilled over 45p tax rate cut
Kwasi Kwarteng has said that he has not considered resigning after announcing an astonishing U-turn on a plan to abolish the top rate of income tax for the highest earners.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay this morning, 3 October, the chancellor was looking at the "growth plan" rather than considering his own position after prime minister Liz Truss said that the mini-budget was a decision he had made.
"We're totally focused on trying to get away from a high tax route to a lower tax route where we can stimulate growth," Mr Kwarteng said.
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