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Tom WHEELDON

Can Sunak catch up with Truss in race for Downing Street?

​​Rishi Sunak Liz Truss Downing Street Tory Party Tory Akshata Murthy Boris Johnson Gordon Brown Sir Keir Starmer Covid-19
Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (L) and former chancellor to the exchequer Rishi Sunak, contenders to become the country's next prime minister, arrive to take part in the BBC's 'The UK's Next Prime Minister: The Debate' in Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, on July 25, 2022. © Jacob King, AFP

One month before the new Conservative leader and British prime minister is announced on September 5, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has a commanding lead over ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak among the Tory Party members who decide the outcome – having framed the economic policy debate to her advantage amid an acute cost of living crisis. 

The latest polls show Truss has widened her lead over Sunak: 58 percent of the approximately 180,000 Conservative Party members back her, compared to 26 percent who back Sunak and 12 percent who have not yet made up their minds, according to a survey by Tory activist website ConservativeHome published on August 4.

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