Truss Brings In Rival Who Could Steady the Ship, or Take Her Job
- Hunt tasked with divising fiscal plan to appease investors
- Supporter says Hunt will be ‘chief executive’ of government
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Under-pressure UK Prime Minister Liz Truss appointed Jeremy Hunt as her new Chancellor of the Exchequer, replacing Kwasi Kwarteng after just 38 days in office, in a last-ditch bid to reassure the financial markets she was taking a new economic path.