Sunak and Truss are touring across Britain trying to secure the votes of around 200,000 Conservative party members, who will choose the next prime minister with the winner announced on September 5.
THE Secretary of State Liz Trussthe favorite to replace him Prime Minister Boris Johnsonhas a smaller lead over her opponent, the Rishi Sunakin relation to the previous estimates, according to poll among party members.
Tras has his support 48% of Conservative party members compared to 43% who support former finance minister Sunak, according to a poll of 807 people conducted by Techne from July 19 to 27.
This suggests a more nuanced and tougher battle than a previous poll of Conservative party members conducted by YouGov on July 20-21, in which Truss had a 24-point lead over Sunak.
Sunak and Truss are touring across Britain trying to secure the votes of around 200,000 Conservative party members, who will choose the next prime minister with the winner announced on September 5.
Taxes have so far dominated the battle. Sunak has accused Truss of being “disingenuous” to voters with promises of big tax cuts once in office. Sunak said he would first ensure inflation is under control before cutting taxes, which Tras said would push the country into recession.
More than 60% of Conservative party members in the Techne poll said Truss had better ideas on taxes than Mr Sunack, while they also backed her plans to tackle inflation and immigration. However, respondents said they have more confidence that Sunak will get Brexit done and has better policy proposals on education.
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