Tory Chairman Jake Berry says the party he & the Chancellor were at after the mini-budget was normal get-together with donors & "Britain's leading entrepreneurs". Asked if there were hedge fund managers there, he says he knows of at least one #ridge
Jake Berry says he's "not sure any of [the people at the party] made money from the crash in the pound". He adds this event was part of the "normal drumbeat of treasurer events" & the people there should be "lauded" for donating to political parties #ridge
Jake Berry says he can "categorically" guarantee that Kwasi Kwarteng didn't give any special insight into future tax plans in his speech at the event. He also says the Chancellor wouldn't have done that in private conversations there either #ridge
Tory Chairman Jake Berry says there will be a "drive to trim fat" when it comes to spending #ridge
Chairman Jake Berry says that any Tory MPs who vote against the budget would lose the whip #ridge
Jake Berry says "markets often over-react" in times like these. He adds "let's see where the markets are in six months' time" #ridge
Jake Berry says "people didn't vote Conservative because they wanted a Labour-light government" #ridge
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