BBC News 19 October 2022
- Prime Minister Liz Truss has faced MPs in her first Prime Minister's Questions since being forced to ditch her flagship tax cuts from the mini-budget
- At the end of her clash with Starmer, Truss said she was "completely committed" to raising pensions in line with inflation, per the "triple lock" guarantee
- She did not make the same commitment for benefits when asked by a Tory MP if she could
- Truss is facing brewing discontent in her party - and many MPs were watching closely how she performed today
- "I am a fighter and not a quitter," she told them
- Keir Starmer earlier told her spending cuts now loomed because the Tories had crashed the economy
- Truss responded that Starmer needed to recognise economic reality
- The clash came after more gloomy news for the economy, with inflation returning to a 40-year high of 10.1% - the rate that pensions will have to rise by
