for threatening Britain's economic stability after she was forced to scrap her economic agenda, with some Conservative lawmakers calling on her to quit.the radical economic agenda she proposed less than a month ago, reversing her vast tax-cutting plans and flagging a programme of "eye-watering" public spending cuts instead.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com* Truss said was sorry for going "too far and too fast" with her radical economic plan.
* "I do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made," Truss told the BBC late on Monday. * She said she was "sticking around" and that she would lead the Conservatives into the next election, but some of her lawmakers are calling on her to quit. * James Heappey, a minister for the armed forces, said Truss, his boss, could not afford to make any more mistakes. "To her credit, she has owned it and apologised," he told Sky News.* The Bank of England dismissed on Tuesday a report in the Financial Times suggesting it was likely toThe BoE was forced to intervene in the government bond market after Truss's Sept. 23 "mini-budget" to prevent a collapse of pension funds.
* The BoE's statement on Tuesday prompted a moderate hit to British government bond prices, with the 10-year gilt yield GB10YT=RR rising 4 to 5 basis points as a result.* The UK's main equity indexes
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