Mini-budget held next week - but parliament will only sit for a few days in three months

Despite a mini-budget next week, the Commons could sit for just five 'normal' days between July 22 and October 17 - while the inflation is skyrocketing and key questions about energy bills remain unanswered

Liz Truss, her Deputy Prime Minister Therese Coffey and her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng (

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Parliament will only sit for a few days over a three-month period during the biggest cost-of-living crisis in decades.

Liz Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will hold a mini-budget next week, most likely Thursday.

This will confirm some of the tax cuts – including corporation tax and national insurance – that the new prime minister promised during her leadership campaign.

Essentially, it will also give the first details of how an energy bill bailout will be funded – with Ms Truss planning to impose the cost on the national debt.

But parliament is due to break again next Thursday evening for a three-week suspension of the party conference, which it is understood No10 has no intention of canceling.

Since July 22, Parliament has sat for only four days - not including two additional days devoted to tributes to the Queen.

This means that between July 22 and October 17, when Parliament returns, it will only have sat five to seven "normal" days in total.

A mini-budget is due next week - but parliament is currently in mourning and will then rise to a suspension of party conferences (

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