Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss LIVE: TalkTV goes off air during middle of second head-to-head TV debate after loud crash off camera before shocked Foreign Secretary walked off stage
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Ms Truss was speaking directly into the camera, but paused and appeared to look over at the sound of what appeared to be smashing glass. It appears that the Foreign Secretary’s podium collapsed and she looked very shocked as she left the stage.
Liz Truss launches a strong attack on Mr Sunak’s morally wrong’ tax rises amid a cost-of-living crisis and claims his time and policies enacted as Chancellor have made Britain ‘less competitive’. She wants to see corporation tax slashed to make Britain more competitive with European neighbours.
The Foreign Secretary told the Sun/TalkTV debate: ‘What has happened is that the tax has been raised on families through national insurance so that they are having to pay more money to the Treasury.
‘I do think it is morally wrong at this moment when families are struggling to pay for food that we have put up taxes on ordinary people when we said we wouldn’t in our manifesto and when we didn’t need to do so.’
Mr Sunak shot back, saying it was ‘morally wrong’ to heap more debt on future generations.
‘What’s morally wrong is asking our children and grandchildren to pick up the tab for the bills that we are not prepared to meet,’ Mr Sunak said.
Mr Sunak warns lots of families are facing skyrocketing bills, and responding to concerns from the second questioner, he says he hopes she will soon receive the support he has put on offer. He plans to see inflation squeezed out of Britain’s economy, to stop us passing on long-term bills to later generations and ‘drive growth’.
Mr Sunak, who represents Richmond as MP, says supermarkets must be ‘held to account’ and says his experience as a ‘rural area’ MP should see more support from supermarkets.
He wants to see supply chains become more robust and warns shops must not be passing on price increases to the Brish public.
Liz Truss wants to slash red tape on farmers and promote resiliency in the face of ‘global shocks’. ‘This is an important issue to help families across Britian and help make life more affordable’, she adds. She points to her time as Foreign Secretary to back up these claims.
‘We’re talking about levelling up’. Truss says she wants to see more support for rural farmers across Britain.
After facing backlash for aggressive attacks on the Foreign Secretary, Rishi Sunak reigns it in tonight with his first direct remark to his adversary wishing her a happy birthday. Ms Truss turns 47 today.
Rishi Sunak flexes his credentials as the son of an ‘NHS family’, with his mother a chemist and father a GP. He says his record as Chancellor proves he has supported the health service through a challenging time. Mr Sunak said his grandfather had recently come out of hospital.
He wants to see ‘specialised hubs’ where surgeons could work with innovations and help cut back on the backlog. Mr Sunak says he has already published a day-one plan that will tackle the national backlog.
Liz Truss says she wants to see less micro-managing for frontline NHS staff, and says she wants to see some management roles slashed, more support for GPs and a focus on ambulance waiting times.
Truss says she will stick with current commitments on promised money for the NHS, and would fund it from general taxation and will commit to 40 new hospitals the Government has already outlined plans to build.
The Foreign Secretary today refused to enter a fresh slanging match with Rishi Sunak as she was quizzed about the ex-chancellor’s ‘mansplaining’ during last night’s brutal TV debate.
The Foreign Secretary begins with a direct attack on Rishi Sunak’s record as Chancellor, promising change and a commitment to the Tories’ original election manifesto that promised to slash taxes.
Ms Truss circles on the country’s cumbersome growth, with Britain having the lowest growth projected in the G7. She says higher taxes will increase the chances of a recession.
Rishi Sunak kicks off his pitch to with a promise to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, inflation and Brexit opportunities.
He mentions his record with the furlough scheme and support he’s provided for people with energy bills, with vulnerable families receiving £1,200. He says he will ‘always do more as the situation demands it’.
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will square off tonight, vying to become the next Prime Minister.
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