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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Andy Bruce and Elizabeth Piper

UK prime minister hopefuls feud over tax and spending plans

Candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss take part in the BBC Conservative party leadership debate at Victoria Hall in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Britain, July 25, 2022. Jacob King/Pool via REUTERS

The final two candidates in the race to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson clashed on Monday in a televised debate, during which they tore into each other's tax and spending plans.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the bookmakers' favourite to win the Conservative Party leadership election, told former finance minister Rishi Sunak his emphasis on balancing the government's books would tip the economy into recession.

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