YouGov poll gives Truss large lead against Sunak as hopefuls prepare for third hustings in Cardiff
Good morning. The Conservative former Northern Ireland secretary,by suggesting it was “never the case” that the Tory leadership contender had planned to cut public sector pay.
Asked if her campaign was abandoning a flagship policy to slash £8.8bn from public sector pay outside London, he told Times Radio: The reality of yesterday is, what Liz was outlining was part of a package of dealing with Whitehall waste. We all want to see that dealt with, it’s part of a programme of work actually to get the civil service - it’s grown by about 91,000 just in the last few years, back down to levels where we’re using taxpayers’ money efficiently and effectively.
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