Key moments as Truss and Sunak face Tory members in TV debate

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak discussed at length a range of topics during their latest televised debate. The two Tory leadership hopefuls took part in Sky News’ The Battle For Number 10 on Thursday night, which saw them separately taking questions from party members.

Here are the key points raised during the 90-minute-long TV event.

– Ms Truss and Mr Sunak clashed over their economic policies after the Bank of England warned of a long recession. The Foreign Secretary insisted a recession is not inevitable when asked about the Bank of England’s forecast for an outright recession and 13% inflation, saying: “What the Bank of England have said today is of course extremely worrying, but it is not inevitable. We can change the outcome and we can make it more likely that the economy grows.”