Former PM accuses Mel Stride of being ‘creature of system’ after his formal repudiation of 2022 unfunded tax cutsLiz Truss has hit out at the Conservatives’ shadow chancellor after he formally disowned her hastily reversed 2022 mini-budget, saying it had damaged the party’s reputation for economic competence.The former prime minister labelled Mel Stride a “creature of the system”, part of a failed fiscal orthodoxy which, she argued, would prevent the Conservatives taking power again if left unchallenged. Continue reading...