UK: Pound falls to historic low following tax cut announcement 26.09.2022

Deutsche Welle | Sep 26, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • Prime Minister Liz Truss’s new government was off to a rough start after the British pound fell to an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday.
  • The currency plummeted following the announcement of a “minibudget” by the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng.
  • Truss replaced Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and UK prime minister on September 6, winning an internal party election on the promise of returning to the neoliberal heyday under right-wing leader Margaret Thatcher.