Disaster PM Liz Truss and her team allegedly looked at stopping cancer treatment on the NHS amid the chaotic fallout of her mini-Budget.

The shocking claim comes in a new book examining Ms Truss’s chaotic 49 days in No10 – just weeks after voters turfed her out of the Commons at the General Election. The former Tory leader was forced to resign as Prime Minister in the autumn of 2022 after her mini-Budget of unfunded tax cuts triggered an economic crisis.

According to a new book by the political biographer Sir Anthony Seldon – titled ‘How Not to Be a Prime Minister’ – it is claimed Ms Truss met with her then-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to discuss the aftermath and attempt to restore market confidence.

Extracts of the book published in The Independent said one of the ex-PM’s senior advisers was told at the time «that Truss and Kwarteng were thinking they could still sort out the black hole with severe cuts».

«We’ve been told that they are looking at stopping cancer treatment on the NHS,» it adds.

The aide is said to have asked in response «is she being serious?» while others said she had “lost the plot”. They told Sir Anthony: «She’s shouting at everyone that ‘We’ve got to find the money.’

«When we tell her it can’t be done, she shouts back: ‘It’s not true. The money is there. You go and find it.»

Mr Kwarteng, who was sacked as Chancellor just days before Ms Truss resigned as PM, told The Independent: «I wasn’t involved in any conversations about restricting healthcare, but that doesn’t mean the Prime Minister and her team didn’t discuss this.” Ms Truss’s office declined to comment when approached by The Mirror.

The book by Sir Anthony – published later this week – comes after Ms Truss furiously lashed out after a lettuce banner was unfurled behind her during a speech in Suffolk. Earlier this month the ex-PM was at first oblivious as the sign appeared behind her – only to abruptly leave the stage when a member of the audience pointed out the stunt.

Ms Truss, whose final days in No10 failed to last longer than a decaying lettuce live-streamed by the Daily Star, later claimed on X the stunt was «not funny». «Far-left activists disrupted the event, which then had to be stopped for security reasons,» the former PM added.