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Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss trade blows again

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The pair clashed over taxes and Boris Johnson in their first live one-on-one TV debate – which saw them come out neck and neck in a snap Opinium poll

Liz Truss castigated Rishi Sunak’s “doom and gloom” approach to the economy during another Conservative leadership debate in which the candidates appeared willing to trash the party’s own record in government.

The foreign secretary, who sat alongside the former chancellor in Boris Johnson’s cabinet for more than two years, suggested the government’s raising of taxes to help recover from the pandemic was the wrong strategy – and that Britain faced a recession.

“This chancellor has raised taxes to the highest rate in 70 years, and we’re now predicted a recession,” she said.

But the tax-cutting plan being pushed by Ms. Truss was rubbished by her rival, who said there was “nothing Conservative” about the idea and would give the party “absolutely no chance” of winning the next election.

The economic policy remained the key dividing line in a fiery program that also saw the pair grilled on China and even their dress sense, in their first TV debate since reaching the final two in the Tory leadership race.
The heated debate came after a weekend that saw allies of the two Tory leadership hopefuls trade increasingly personal attacks.

The studio audience in Stoke was made up entirely of people who voted Conservative at the last general election and applauded more often for Mr. Sunak. But the latest betting odds still have Liz Truss as the favorite to win the Tory leadership.

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