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Chancellor's tax cut U-turn

Kwasi Kwarteng is ditching the government's plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax

On the second morning of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has said he's ditching the government's plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. The Prime Minister had said the previous morning that she was "absolutely committed" to the policy.

Today's Nick Robinson spoke to the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, with analysis from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s political editor Chris Mason.

(Image: Kwasi Kwarteng, Image credit: TOLGA AKMEN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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