Emergency mini Budget next week

KWASI Kwarteng will deliver his emergency mini Budget next Friday – as Liz Truss plans to cut short the parliamentary recess to make up for lost time after the Queen’s death.

The Prime Minister will extend next week’s parliamentary sitting by a day so the postponed Budget can go ahead on September 23.

The mourning period has left the PM unable to make any major policy changes since she announced the energy bill freeze last Thursday. Parliament is currently due to break up next Thursday and is not due to resume until October 17. But now MPs will be asked to return on October 11. Parliament will take a decision on the new dates next week.