Liz Truss Launches Furious Attack On Mel Stride As Tory Civil War Erupts

Liz Truss and Mel Stride were Treasury ministers together.Liz Truss has launched a furious attack on Mel Stride after he criticised her disastrous mini-Budget.In a further sign of Tory splits, the former prime minister – who only lasted 49 days in office before being ousted – described the shadow chancellor as “a creature of the system”.“Nothing will change with people like him in charge,” she said.Truss was responding to remarks Stride is set to make in a speech on Thursday in which he will say the Tories’ reputation for economic competence has still not recovered from the mini-Budget, which saw Kwasi Kwarteng announce £45 billion-worth of unfunded tax cuts and cause financial chaos.He will say: “For a few weeks, we put at risk the very stability which Conservatives had always said must be carefully protected.“The credibility of the UK’s economic framework was undermined by spending billions on subsidising energy bills and tax cuts, with no proper plan for how this would be paid for.”He will add: “Let me be clear: never again will the Conservative Party undermine fiscal credibility by making promises we cannot afford.”In a furious post on X, Truss hit back at Stride’s record in government, where he served alongside her in the Treasury.She said: “In attacking the Mini Budget, Mel Stride ides with the failed Treasury Orthodoxy. Stride is a creature of the system. When he served alongside me as Treasury Minister, he always went along with officials.“He backed Sunak’s huge spending, but not my tax cuts which were smaller in size and would have increased growth. Britain’s system of government is broken. Nothing will change with people like him in charge.”In attacking the Mini Budget, @MelJStride sides with the failed Treasury Orthodoxy.Stride is a creature of the system. When he served alongside me as Treasury Minister, he always went along with officials - including on the Loan Charge and IR35, damaging the self-employed and…— Liz Truss (@trussliz) June 5, 2025Related...Liz Truss Accused Of 'Trying To Rewrite History' Over Latest Attempt To Defend Mini-BudgetKeir Starmer Warns Nigel Farage's 'Mad Experiment' Would Ruin Economy Like Liz Truss'Trussonomics On Steroids': Farage Compared To Failed Tory PM Over 'Unfunded' Reform Spending Spree

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