Liz Truss has criticised Rishi Sunak’s record on taxation and the former chancellor claimed he was the only one who could beat Labour as the leadership contest enters its final stage.
The two remaining candidates turned their focus to winning over Tory members, with Ms Truss vowing to bring in an emergency budget to axe the national insurance rise if she were to take on the top job.
But former chancellor Mr Sunak has told the Conservative membership, who will crown the winner, that he could win an election, whereas Ms Truss could not. READ MORE: Person hit by train on line between Wigan and Preston with Manchester Airport line now facing delays Both candidates have launched pitches in national newspapers this morning in an attempt to reach voters, after Tory MPs selected the pair as their final candidates in a vote yesterday.
Trade minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated when she came third behind Ms Truss by eight votes. Mr Sunak was the parliamentary party’s favourite, winning 137 votes to Ms Truss’s 113.
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