UK PM Liz Truss already engulfed in turmoil amid economic storm, plunging poll numbers

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has hit a rocky opening few weeks in the role, with a new economic storm and plummeting poll numbers after an economic pivot.

Last week, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng announced a mini-budget that included moves to cut rising energy bills — but which also controversially included deep tax cuts accompanied by an increase in borrowing. Truss said that the dramatic moves were necessary to protect Brits from soaring energy costs. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

"People across the United Kingdom will have heard their energy bills could spiral as high as £6,000 and beyond. Families and businesses were set to be squeezed further by tax rises," she said in The Sun on Saturday. "I know how hard it is and how worried people have been, so we had to act." He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.