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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

Rishi Sunak pledges 20% tax cut by end of decade in last-gasp pitch to members

Conservative leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak poses for a selfie as he watches the Euro 2022 final in Salisbury.
Conservative leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak poses for a selfie as he watches the Euro 2022 final in Salisbury. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has pledged to slash taxes by 20% by the end of the decade in a last-gasp pitch to Conservative members with the first ballots set to drop in the leadership race.

But in one of his strongest attacks yet on the frontrunner, Liz Truss, Sunak warned party members against an “act of self-sabotage” that could cost the party the election and to be wary of major spending pledges and tax cuts which he has previously dismissed as fantasy economics.

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