Jonathan Ashworth responds to Liz Truss’s comments on ‘the deep state’ at CPAC

Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Paymaster General, responding to Liz Truss’s comments on ‘the deep state’ at the Conservative Politician Action Conference, said:

“After crashing the economy and sending mortgages rocketing, Liz Truss is now spreading conspiracy theories with Steve Bannon and spearheading a wacky fringe group to take over the Tory Party again.

"If Rishi Sunak had any backbone he would stand up and take action against her and Tory MPs indulging this sort of damaging nonsense.

“While Rishi’s recession bites across Britain, it’s clear that the biggest danger to family finances is the Conservative Party. Only Labour has a plan to bring security back to family finances."