The five Conservative contenders still vying to be Britain's next prime minister clashed over tax cuts in a second televised debate with the two frontrunners - Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss - stepping up their battle on the economy
Five challenging to succeed Boris Johnson as British PMPolls show conflicting picture of who is winning
Ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak has emerged as the favourite among the 358 Conservative lawmakers, who will hold further votes this week to whittle down the field of contenders to a final two.He said on Sunday evening his number one priority would be tackling inflation and not making it worse before he would deliver tax cuts.
Sunak retorted by saying he would "love to cut tax" but it would come at a cost of higher inflation. "This something-for-nothing economics isn't conservative, it's socialism," he said. In a demonstration of how open the race is, a survey of party members for the Conservative Home website on Saturday suggested former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch was now ahead of the others, with Truss in second and Mordaunt, currently the bookmakers' favourite, slipping to third.
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