Rebellious Tory MPs look for Liz Truss’s successor
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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Changing the Benefits System
There are actually quite a lot of authorities who would like to change the welfare budget, but they recognise that Liz Trust has made it impossible for them to do so. And it's just a case study in a weakness, this entire government, and how not to go about things. Because if you alienate people and you create a narrative around you that makes it hard for you to do the things you want to do, that's not strength. She wanted to be the strong leader who got things done. But strength isn't something that happens through proclamation. You have to, you know, when people over, you have to lay the ground for your plans. That just meant so long dealing with
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