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By Stefan Boscia A senior cabinet minister has been forced to say that Liz Truss is “not under a desk”, after refusing to face questions in the House of Commons. Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt answered an Urgent Question in parliament today from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, instead of the Prime Minister. Starmer said that Truss is “scared of her own shadow” as she avoids scrutiny for today’s decision to overturn her entire economic plan. New chancellor Jeremy Hunt is being called the “de facto Prime Minister”, including by some Tory MPs, after he set a completely new economic…