They say a week is a long time in politics, and truer words were never said when we think about what happened over last few weeks in the UK. On Friday September 23, the newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, presented his ‘mini’ budget to the UK Parliament. Kwarteng’s package included the following measures: A cut in the top rate of taxation from 45 per cent to 40 per cent on incomes above £150,000A cut in the normal rate of taxation from 20 per cent to 19 per cent.Cuts to stamp duty purchases on housing.Huge energy subsidies to…

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