![]() Mordaunt, 49, was a passionate supporter of leaving the EU and said that she would aim to deliver the benefits of Brexit and recover from recent economic shocks such as the pandemic.Ĭurrently a junior trade minister, Mordaunt called the COVID-19 lockdown-breaking parties in government "shameful" and has said that if she is prime minister, leadership has to change to be less about the leader. The former defence secretary was sacked by Johnson when he became prime minister after she endorsed his rival, Jeremy Hunt, during the 2019 leadership contest. She campaigned to leave the EU and served as a junior minister in the Brexit department under previous Prime Minister Theresa May, but resigned in protest at her proposed Brexit deal, saying it did not go far enough in breaking ties with the bloc. Badenoch, 42, supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum.Īs attorney general, Braverman, 42, was heavily criticised by lawyers after the government sought to break international law over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland. I hope you like at least one of us," Mordaunt told television viewers.Įlected to parliament for the first time in 2017, Badenoch has held junior ministerial jobs, including most recently minister for equalities, but has never served in Cabinet.Ī former Conservative member of the London Assembly, she has also served as vice-chair of the Conservative Party. "I'm very aware that while my party chooses a new leader, you are watching us pick your next prime minister. Voter polls also suggest the Conservatives are falling significantly behind the opposition Labour Party. "You cannot tax your way to grace," she said. Truss said tax rises would undermine business investment just as the economy was faltering. "We have to be honest, borrowing your way out of inflation isn't a plan, it's a fairy tale," Sunak told Truss. Truss has proposed scrapping increases in payroll tax and corporation tax proposed by Sunak, at a cost of over $36 billion a year, to be funded by a slower reduction in government debt built up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sunak and Truss tussled over economic policy in the debate, hosted by broadcaster Channel 4. British foreign minister Liz Truss clashed over tax policy with former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Friday as the five remaining contenders to be Britain's next prime minister went head-to-head in the first of three televised debates.
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