Prime Minister Liz Truss did not appear in parliament on Monday to answer a question about why the former finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng was sacked last week, drawing accusations from the opposition Labour Party that she was 'scared of her own shadow'.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng exits a car on Downing Street in London, Britain, October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Such was the taunting from opposition parties that at one point Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the House of Commons standing in for Truss, insisted that: "The prime minister is not under a desk."Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comTruss arrived in parliament at the very end of the debate to listen to her new finance minister Jeremy Hunt give a statement on the economy. She did not speak and left again after less than half an hour.
Mordaunt, who stood against Truss in the summer in the race to become Conservative Party leader before backing the eventual winner when she was herself eliminated, responded by paying tribute to Truss for changing course.
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