Truss says the UK 'last thing it needs' is a new general election

Downing Street affirms that it will not cut public spending although it recognizes "difficult decisions" in this regard

MADRID, 12 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has assured this Wednesday in the House of Commons that "the last thing that the United Kingdom needs" is a general election, which has caused boos from the opposition.

Truss has responded in these terms to Labor MP Matt Western after he was asked if she was willing to give in to the demands of the British people, citing a poll in which 60 percent of those polled said they were in favor of early elections.

"I don't quite know how to measure a good honeymoon, but after five weeks of a crisis conceived in Downing Street, of falling pensions, rising interest rates, mortgage market turbulence and total financial chaos, the country He has been wanting a divorce", Western began his intervention.

"In two recent polls, 60 percent of this country wants an immediate general election, but the prime minister says she is in listening mode. Will she give in to the public?" he asked.

"I think the last thing we need is a general election," Truss responded amid boos from opposition deputies, who reminded her of the controversial cut plan devised by Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng, which has also generated tensions in the Conservative Party itself.

On October 31, Kwarteng is scheduled to present its new tax proposal after the government had to reverse the initial plan to eliminate the 45 percent marginal rate that was levied on income above 150,000 pounds (171,596 euros) per year. , which would mean a loss of income for the public coffers of 2,065 million pounds (2,362 million euros) over five years.

In that sense, from 10 Downing Street they have advanced that despite the fact that Truss is committed to avoiding cuts in public spending, "difficult decisions" will have to be made once Kwarteng presents the financial plan as a mini-budget.

"We are clear that difficult decisions will need to be made given some of the global challenges we face," said a Downing Street spokesman, who also denied that the possibility of changing or rejecting Kwarteng's plan had been considered.