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UK’s Kwarteng cuts short Washington trip, returns to London, sources say
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng is chopping brief his journey to Washington for this week’s international finance minister conferences and returning to London to proceed work on his authorities’s medium-term fiscal plan, sources acquainted with the matter stated on Thursday.
Kwarteng confirmed to reporters that he was flying again to London early with out offering additional particulars.
His early departure adopted UK press experiences earlier on Thursday that British Prime Minister Liz Truss was contemplating reversing extra of her authorities’s controversial “mini-budget”, a plan that has roiled the nation’s monetary markets, prompting the Financial institution of England to intervene to shore them up.
Kwarteng is because of announce his medium-term finances plans on Oct. 31, alongside unbiased fiscal forecasts.
Kwarteng had a “profitable” two days on the Worldwide Financial Fund and World Financial institution’s annual conferences right here, the sources stated.
Reporting By David Lawder; Modifying by Sandra Maler
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