| admitted blunders over the Emergency Budget today she kicked off Tory conference - but warned restive MPs not to retreat to the 'status quo' after the markets meltdown.<br>Launching the gathering in against the backdrop of the Pound's plunge and a surge in borrowing costs, the PM accepted that the government should have 'laid the ground better' before unveiling the package - which spooked traders with a lack of independent OBR costings and a plan for managing debt.<br>However, Ms Truss said she had 'learned' from the events and would push on with her 'very clear plan' to get the economy growing again. She backed the decision to axe the 45p top rate of income tax but was accused of throwing Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng 'under the bus' after revealing he took the decision without consulting the Cabinet.<br>'I want to reassure people that we do have a very clear plan,' she told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. <br>'I understand their worries about what has happened this week...<br><br>I do accept we should have laid the ground better... <br>'I have learned from that and I will make sure that in future we do a better job of laying the ground.' <br>Ms Truss dodged repeatedly on whether the government is now proposing to cut public spending to help balance the books, merely claiming services will remain 'excellent' and Chancellor [https://www.camelcityposters.com/floor-ad/ betmatik] Kwasi Kwarteng will give details next month. <br>She shrugged off a row over Mr Kwarteng attending a drinks do with City traders immediately after the Budget, joking that she did not manage his diary. <br>The grim political consequences of the market turmoil for the Tories was laid bare with an Opinium poll putting Labour on 46 per cent, 19 points ahead and [https://bit.ly/betmatik-betmatik betmatik] enough for a landslide election win. Others have shown Keir Starmer's party with an advantage of up to 33 points.<br>One Cabinet minister told MailOnline that the government has no choice but to forge ahead and 'bet' that the growth drive will work. <br>But Michael Gove waded into the row this morning, saying 'mistakes' need to be 'corrected' and refusing to confirm he will vote for the Budget legislation in the Commons.<br>After listening to Ms Truss on the same show, he said there was an 'inadequate realisation' about the level of changed required.<br><br>He suggested the axing of the top rate of tax must be reversed, along with the scrapping of the cap on City bonuses - and urged Mr Kwarteng to bring forward his fiscal statement from November 23.<br>Mr Gove insisted Ms Truss will still be premier in a year's time, but added that 'reality bites' and she must shift position. Pushed several times on whether he will back the Budget legislation, he replied: 'I don't believe it's right.'<br>In other dramatic twists and turns in the crisis today: <br>Tory chair Jake Berry has warned that any MPs who fail to back the Budget will be stripped of the party whip;Economist Julian Jessop, a strong supporter of Ms Truss, has warned it would be 'madness' to cut benefits in real terms alongside axing the top rate of tax.<br><br>'It is hard to think of anything more toxic than cutting the real value of benefits at the same time as lowering the top rate of income tax to 40p,' he tweeted;Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Philp told a fringe event that he would give the Budget '9.5 out of 10'; As part of reforms to revive the economy, the definition of a small business is set to be increased from 250 employees to 500, [https://www.behance.net/search/projects/?sort=appreciations&time=week&search=reducing%20red reducing red] tape for tens of thousands of firms.<br><br>The government also wants to copy a French model to boost childcare;Kwasi Kwarteng has lashed back at Labour after a now-suspended MP swiped that he is only 'superficially' black. more videos <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-17', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>Liz Truss is launching the gathering in Birmingham against the backdrop of the Pound's plunge and a surge in borrowing costs following Kwasi Kwarteng's tax-cutting emergency Budget<br> Ms Truss said she had [https://www.deer-digest.com/?s=%27learned%27 'learned'] from the events and [https://bit.ly/betmatik-betmatik betmatik] would push on with her 'very clear plan' to get the economy growing again<br> Former Cabinet minister Michael Gove waded into the row this morning, saying 'mistakes' need to be 'corrected' and refusing to confirm he will vote for [https://bit.ly/betmatik-betmatik betmatik] the Budget legislation in the Commons<br> The grim political consequences of the market turmoil for the Tories was laid bare with an Opinium poll putting Labour on 46 per cent, 19 points ahead<br> more videos <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-26', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>more videos <br><br>DM.later('bundle', function()<br>DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-27', 'channelCarousel', <br>"activeClass" : "wocc",<br>"pageCount" : "3.0",<br>"pageSize" : 1,<br>"onPos": 0,<br>"updateStyleOnHover": true<br>);<br>);<br>RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news halfRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-0c0d23f0-422e-11ed-9b61-6187d5522c85" website warns Tories not to retreat to 'status quo' after markets chaos
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