Liz Truss hits back at claim she considered scrapping all NHS cancer treatment after crashing economy [Video]

Liz Truss has denied a claim she considered scrapping all cancer treatment on the NHS in a bid to repair the damage caused by her disastrous economic policies.

A new biography of the former prime minister by Sir Anthony Seldon makes the extraordinary claim that in the immediate aftermath of the mini-Budget, Ms Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng launched a desperate attempt to find spending cuts in an effort to restore stock-market confidence in their strategy.

Sir Anthony said a group of the prime minister’s aides met to discuss the issue. One of her senior advisers, Alex Boyd, “was told that Truss and Kwarteng were thinking they could still sort out the black hole with severe cuts”: “We’ve been told that they’re looking at stopping cancer treatment on the NHS.”

In response, …