"Enough to make your ears bleed": Listeners in disbelief at disastrous, awkward Liz Truss interviews this morning as Britain plunges into economic chaos

Voters said the Prime Minister, Liz Truss, was found 'hopelessly wanting' today as she toured radio stations in the face of growing fears over the UK economy.

Ms Truss spoke on several regional BBC radio stations - from Leeds to Norfolk - with listeners taking to Twitter to slam her responses to certain questions, with one saying she 'crumbled' as she gave answers.

They were her first public comments since the Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng's, mini-budget and statement plunged the financial markets into turmoil.

On BBC Radio Lancashire, the PM was asked about fracking by host Graham Liver, in the wake of her Government controversially reviving the practice and overturning a ban.

She was asked: "What does local consent look like Prime Minister?" There was a pause from Ms Truss before she said the energy secretary would be laying out in more detail 'exactly what that looks like'. "It does mean making sure there is local support for going ahead," she said. "I will make sure there is local consent if we are to go ahead in any particular area with fracking."

It was put to her that the 'science hasn't changed', her 'local MPs don't want it' and Lancashire County Council in the past said it didn't want fracking. "Why can't you tell us this morning there won't be a return to fracking in Lancashire?," the PM was asked.

She said she 'didn't accept the premise' of the question before she was asked: "In America they do it in the middle of nowhere. Do you actually know where Preston New Road is where they have been fracking?"

"I don't think I have been to that site in the past," replied Ms Truss. "Shouldn't you?" asked the host. There was a pause before Ms Truss said the Government would only go ahead with projects where there is local