WITH five weeks to go until Tory members pick the next PM – would you rather see Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak in No10?
The race to be PM heated up today as Ms Truss and Mr Sunak took to Devon to convince card-carrying Conservatives why they should be the one to replace Boris Johnson.
Rishi Sunak has promised to slash the basic rate of income tax by 2029
Liz Truss has promised to reverse the National Insurance hike immediately if made PM
The Foreign Secretary and ex-Chancellor have spent the past few weeks touring Britain, making dozens of policy pledges designed to woo members along the way before D-Day on September 4.
On a lot of issues the candidates are in sync. They both want to keep the Rwanda deportation scheme and are committed to reaching Net Zero by 2050.
The pair have promised to unleash maximum Brexit potential by cutting annoying EU red tape wherever possible and support fracking where local communities consent to the activity.
But on the central battleground of the contest – taxes – Ms Truss and Mr Sunak clash heads.
The leadership hopefuls are both pitching themselves as Thatcher-loving tax cutters.
But the ways they want to go about keeping more money in working people’s pockets are very different.
Ms Truss has vowed to slash taxes, including the National Insurance hike, within seven weeks of taking office.
She’s promised to reduce working people’s contributions to government coffers by an overall £30 billion.
Mr Sunak has pledged to slash the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 16p by 2029.
Under his plan workers on the average UK salary of £32,000 would save around £777 per year. But they’ll have to wait seven years before the saving kicks in.
The wannabe PMs have different personalities and separate visions for the future of Britain – which of the pair appeals more to you?
Tory members have until September 4 to cast their votes for leader through the post or online.
On September 5 the winner of the leadership contest will be announced.
Whoever that is will then take over from BoJo as PM.
