He argues the reductions proposed by the leadership candidate support people with the rising cost of living “right now”.
An ally of Truss describes her lead in the ConservativeHome survey and YouGov’s polls as a “blessing and a curse” | She pledges to ‘rush through’ tax cuts to tackle the cost-of-living crisis | Sunak vows to end low-earning degrees in post-16 education shake-up
ConservativeHome’s round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week.
Henry Hill, William Atkinson, and Andrew Gimson (in Taylor Swift’s absence) return to debate Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’s battle for Downing Street.
The two candidates took it in turns to be questioned by Kay Burley and then an undecided audience.
The Bank of England raises interest rates to 1.75% and warns of long recession | Johnson and Zahawi criticized for being ‘abroad on holiday’ during the largest rate rise in 27 years | Truss claims a recession can be averted | Sunak vows to make housing plentiful with taxes on land banking
The ex-Chancellor argues that Truss is trying to “rush through premature tax cuts before we have gripped inflation”, whilst the Foreign Secretary suggests “we cannot tax our way to growth”.
Voting for new Tory leader delayed over security fears | Javid backs Truss for Tory leader with attack on Sunak | Foreign Secretary hits out at China’s ‘inflammatory’ reaction to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit | Truss brands Drakeford a ‘low-energy version of Jeremy Corbyn’
Tory leadership vote delayed after GCHQ hacking alert | 60 percent of Tory members would now vote for Truss, according to latest poll | Her U-turn on wages raises ‘questions about judgement’ | Sunak pledges Islamists will face jail isolation
Mordaunt comes out for Truss as leadership gap narrows | Foreign Secretary vows to wage ‘war on waste’ in Whitehall | Sunak slams rival as a ‘true Remainer’ over plans to let more fruit pickers into Britain | Truss: Best to ignore attention-seeking Sturgeon
Sunak promises the biggest income tax cut in 30 years – as the first ballots arrive at the homes of party members | Dorries is accused of launching a ‘distasteful’ and ‘dangerous’ attack on him, after retweeting image showing him stabbing Johnson in the back | The Foreign Secretary wins the backing of former leadership rival Zahawi
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Truss pledges to be Education Prime Minister | Sunak declares war on woke | Poll finds that she narrowly leads him among Conservative councillors by two points | Badenoch on her struggles with the civil service over trans and Tavistock.
ConservativeHome’s round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week.
Henry Hill, William Atkinson, and Andrew Gimson discuss the ongoing battle for Number 10 between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.