Liz Truss rules out comeback as she admits pushing ‘bridge too far’ on tax

Former PM blames officials for failing to tell her about pensions ‘tinderbox’ – but concedes error on plan to scrap 45p tax rate

Liz Truss has ruled out any chance of reaching No 10 again amid speculation about a potential comeback, as she admitted her botched plan to ditch the top rate of tax for the richest earners was a “bridge too far”.

In her first interview since leaving Downing Street, the former prime minister largely blamed Whitehall officials for the economic turmoil sparked by her disastrous mini-Budget – saying no one told her about the risk to pension funds.

Ms Truss also took a swipe at Joe Biden for criticising her agenda, and revealed that her premiership was doomed from the moment she fired her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.