Rishi Sunak says Liz Truss’s plans for £30billion of tax cuts will ‘put fuel on the fire’ of inflation and ‘erode people’s living standards’

Andrew Neil clashed with Rishi Sunak in a fiery interview

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Conservative leader candidate Rishi Sunak says Liz Truss’s £30 billion tax cut plans would “put fuel on the fire” of inflation and create a “sugar rush boom” in the pair’s ongoing economic clash.

During a live interview with Channel 4’s Andrew Neil on Friday night, on which rival candidate Liz Truss did not appear, the former Chancellor was grilled about his decision to raise taxes and freeze income tax thresholds in the wake of the pandemic.