Liz Truss's 'favourite' economist says chancellor 'took his eye off ball' and 'overstepped the mark' with mini-budget - Sky News

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Prime Minister Liz Truss's external adviser on the economy has told Sky News that the chancellor had "taken his eye off the ball" and "overstepped the mark" with his mini-budget.

Gerard Lyons, who is often referred to as Ms Truss's favourite economist, said the the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng failed to adequately prepare the financial markets ahead of his announcement.

Speaking on The Take with Sophy Ridge, Mr Lyons said: "The chancellor, whilst he had focused on the general public and on British businesses, he had not really prepared the financial markets fully.

"And I think he had taken his eye off the ball slightly, shall we say, in having not prepared the markets for what he was doing in the budget and I felt that he overstepped the mark last week.

"So it was a combination of all three factors - the febrile markets because of the global backdrop, the actions of the Bank of England last Thursday, but let's be in no doubt, it was primarily the mini-budget last Friday that triggered this latest series of events."

Asked if he had had any conversations with Ms Truss or her team, Mr Lyons said he had "made my thoughts known". He said he was "highlighting in my writing... about the febrile state of the markets and the need to keep the markets onside".

Pushed on whether they had taken his advice, he said: "Well, sometimes people listen, sometimes they don't, but there were positives that came out of it. But as we saw last Friday, there was just not enough in line with what the markets had been prepped for and were expecting."

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