Tax-cutting mini Budget on Friday next weekon September 15, 2022 at 1:43 pm

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Questions had been raised over when the “fiscal event” would take place after the death of the Queen.

Kwasi KwartengImage source, Reuters

A mini Budget to deliver tax cuts promised by Liz Truss during her Tory leadership campaign will take place on Friday next week, it is understood.

Plans to hold the “fiscal event” this month were thrown into doubt by the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The new PM has vowed to cut taxes to boost the economy and help people with rising living costs.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng could also set out the estimated cost of plans to cap energy prices.

He will deliver his statement on Friday 23 September, four days after the Queen’s funeral and the end of the official national mourning period.

Parliament is suspended during the mourning period, with normal business due to resume on Thursday next week.

MPs are scheduled to begin a three-week break for party conferences the next day, although it is understood talks are underway about changing this.

Ms Truss has promised to use the fiscal event to undo the rise in National Insurance brought in by her predecessor Boris Johnson.

She has also said she would temporarily scrap green levies on energy bills, in a bid to bring down prices for consumers.

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