Kwasi Kwarteng

Quotes

• “There is more to come – we have only been here for 19 days [...] I want to see, over the next year, people retain more of their money.”
• “Absolutely, 100%, I'm not going anywhere.”
• “The prime minister was ... very dynamic, very forceful. That’s a great strength.”
• “I think the prime minister was very much of the view that we needed to move things fast. But I think it was too quick. If you look at it, it was on the 23rd of September. We only got into the office on the 6th of September. And looking back I think a measured pace would have been much better.”
• “After the mini-budget we were going at breakneck speed and I said, you know, we should slow down, slow down. She said, "Well, I’ve only got two years" and I said, "You will have two months if you carry on like this". And that is, I’m afraid, what happened.”
• “[On Truss sacking him.] People will ask, "If you sacked the person who was doing what you wanted, why are you still there?"”

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Key facts

Prime minister

Liz Truss

Preceded by

Nadhim Zahawi

Succeeded by

Jeremy Hunt

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Wikidata facts

Official website

www.kwasi4spelthorne.org.uk

Image

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