UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng sacked October 14, 2022 at 01:39AM

Britain's finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked after less than six weeks in the job, the BBC reported on Friday, as the government's massive tax cuts sparked financial market turmoil. Kwarteng is no longer chancellor of the exchequer, the BBC said. The Times newspaper reported earlier that Kwarteng was expected to be sacked.