Britain wants stability, Liz Truss needs time: Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt

"I think what the country wants now is stability," Hunt told BBC radio

Jeremy Hunt. Credit: Reuters Photo

Britain's new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said that Britain needs stability and that Prime Minister Liz Truss needs time, saying the government's record would be judged at a national election expected in 2024.

"I think what the country wants now is stability. She's been prime minister for less than five weeks. I would just say this, that I think she will be judged at an election," Hunt told BBC radio.

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"When we are judged at a general election, we will be judged by what we deliver over the next 18 months by far more than what's happened over the last 18 days."