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Oct 2022
19m 47s

Chris's Liz Truss Interview

BBC News
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The PM apologises for her ‘mistakes’.

Chris interviews Liz Truss about the U-turns she has made since sacking Kwasi Kwarteng and making Jeremy Hunt chancellor.

Today’s Newscast was presented by political correspondent Alex Forsyth, BBC News political correspondent, and made by Tim Walklate. The producer was Miranda Slade. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

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