Lise Truss. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 28Readers of the British newspaper The Times reacted to the fall of the pound sterling against the backdrop of the announcement of a plan to cut taxes in the United Kingdom. Earlier, the British government presented a «plan to support» the country's economy, which involves a large-scale tax cut. After that, the yield of five-year government bonds in the UK rose to the highest level since 2008 of 4.6%, which means a decrease in demand for the country's debt securities. On Tuesday, the pound sterling jumped 0.9 percent against the US dollar to 1.0789, after losing 6.5 percent in the past five days. At the same time, back in mid-2021, the British currency was worth about $1.4, and in 2008 — $2. The last time the value of a pound was close to one dollar was in 1985.»Further — worse.» In Britain, they were afraid of a record fall in the pound sterling As the newspaper notes, in the City of London (the financial center of the country. — Approx. ed.) They are «with gloomy warnings that the British economy may have plunged into a state of currency crisis.» The publication caused an active response from readers in the comments.» This is a disaster — not least for my children. They have to put up with huge inflation and the threat of a sharp increase in the cost of their mortgages. No amount of tax cuts and an increase in national income can compensate for this. And in this difficult situation we will have to live for a very long time,» wrote Budget user Dave. «The Tory Party should prepare for the election of a new leader — and it needs to be done right now. Liz Truss's days are numbered,» Mr Om Gupta said. Did the current government have the right to deliberately devalue the pound sterling? «the cabinet» was not smart enough to see and expose these reckless games,» Opalescence noted. «All this is part of a grand plan to turn the United Kingdom into a laughingstock for the whole world,» Stuart Hurst said. Prime Minister is only a few weeks old, and she has already managed to wreak havoc in the country — with the help of ill-conceived and arrogant economic policies,» WG was outraged. «What are they doing? I just can't believe what they have managed to do with the pound in such a short amount of time. I don't think they really understand what they're doing. Now imports will rise sharply in price. And they think they are stimulating the economy. A very dangerous game,” added ColinMc. Truss, who served as Foreign Secretary of Britain, was elected head of the Conservative Party on September 5. The ex-Foreign Secretary won 81.3 thousand votes, thus overtaking former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, who received 60.4 thousand votes A YouGov poll showed that half of Britons are unhappy with Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain, while only four percent of respondents were very happy with her election. src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/f26ff580052b031c7055a2361f15772e.jpg» />In Britain, financial losses have been calculated after Truss was elected Prime Minister
