PIERS Morgan will make his Question Time return in days - and he's revealed why he's so excited for the show. The TalkTV host will join the panel in London on Thursday, just days after Liz Truss ditched scrapping the 45p tax rate.
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed the dramatic U-turn in a tweet this morning - with the pound quickly rising against the dollar.
Tweeting today, Piers said: "A good week to make my return to BBC Question Time..." The long-running weekly current affairs debate programme, hosted by Fiona Bruce, will also have Brian Cox as a guest.
And the mini Budget U-turn is likely to be one of the hot topics discussed on the panel at the end of the week. Read more on Piers MorganRON-FORGIVABLE Piers rips into 'disgraceful' Ten Hag for his treatment of Cristiano Ronaldowine and dine Piers Morgan enjoys £675 bottle of wine with Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones The Sun last night exclusively revealed the PM and Chancellor were planning to ditch the tax cut – with Mr Kwarteng this morning telling the BBC: “What was clear, talking to MPs, voters, constituents, that the 45p rate was becoming a huge distraction on a very strong plan.” However, the Chancellor is only ditching the abolition of the 45p tax rate and vowed to press on with the other aspects of his mini Budget bonanza.
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