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Liz Truss has been accused of “trashing the last ten years of work” done by the Conservative Party. Meanwhile, she has been struggling to keep her MPs in line, despite putting in place a three-line whip. Speaking at the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, Robert Halfon told Ms Truss she had “trashed the last 10 years” of work done to establish the Conservative Party as a party which looks after the interests of working people.
He said that its focus is now on tax cuts for the rich and bankers’ bonuses.
According to the Guardian, another MP described Ms Truss’ appearance at the 1922 committee as “funereal.”
Trouble for Liz Truss reached a head earlier today when the party enforced a three-line whip on today’s vote.
A three-line whip is a strict instruction to attend and vote according to the party’s position, a breach of which would normally have serious consequences for an MP.
But despite this, just 233 of 356 Tory MPs turned up to vote.
Some MPs have claimed that Ms Truss faced even more hostile questions from the Committee than those taken by ousted Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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