On Thursday morning, the two candidates participated in a pre-election event with Conservative Party councilors, where they were asked to answer various questions.
London, Thanasis Gavos
The two remaining candidate successors entered with tax policy as the main field of confrontation Boris Johnson in the final stretch of their election campaign.
The former Minister of Finance Rishi Sunakwho emerged first in the final vote of Conservative Party MPs, said today he was firm in his position that taxes cannot be cut immediately, that is, as long as inflation remains at record highs.
As he characteristically said, he does not envisage a reduction in income tax before the fall of 2023.
During the second televised debate, Mr Sunak had branded rival prime ministerial contenders’ pledges for immediate tax cuts as “fairytales”, saying they would fuel inflation and require additional government borrowing. He had even characterized the promising tax policy of his final opponent Liz Truss “socialist”.
The Foreign Minister Ms Trass, however, for her part insisted in today’s interviews that she would immediately overturn the increase in insurance contributions imposed by Mr Sunak in order to strengthen the NHS public health system.
Asked how the tax cuts would ease inflationary pressures, Ms 46-year-old would-be Prime Minister he replied that he wants to challenge the “economic orthodoxy” that has prevailed in the United Kingdom. As he added, broad consensus on a specific type of economic policy “has not yielded growth.”
Ms Truss added: “What people in Britain desperately need is change. We need to free up investment in our country, we need to remove EU laws from our right and attract more capital, for example from pension funds, to high-growth businesses.”
Liz Truss has rejected claims that she is trying to present herself as a new Margaret Thatcher, despite frequent similar clothing choices and official snapshots reminiscent of the Iron Lady.
To the relevant remark, he replied “I am myself” and commented that while all female politicians in Britain are compared to Thatcher, men are not compared, e.g. with former Prime Minister Ted Heath.
She also said it was a “mistake” for her to oppose Brexit in the 2016 referendum and that she now wants to take advantage of the benefits she has seen leaving the EU bring to the UK.
Referring to the scandals that ultimately brought down Boris Johnson, Ms Truss said: “My judgment is that he has admitted that he has made a mistake, or several mistakes, over the last year, but the positive side of the balance sheet has been extremely positive. ».
On Thursday morning, the two candidates participated in a pre-election event with Conservative Party councilors, where they were asked to answer various questions.
Many such events will be organized by the Conservative Party, while there will also be at least 12 major pre-election events at the regional headquarters of the party’s local organizations. There will also be two televised debates, next Monday on the BBC and on August 4th on Sky News.
Voting by up to 200,000 Conservative Party members for the eventual winner, by mail and online, begins on August 1 and will end on September 2. The next leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be announced on September 5.
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