Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will go head-to-head in a live TV debate after a weekend that saw allies of the two Tory leadership hopefuls trade increasingly personal attacks.
The battle to become the next prime minister heated up as the two rival camps clashed over immigration, China and tax . The Foreign Secretary and former Chancellor will spend the day engaging in final preparations ahead of their first showdown on Monday evening.
With postal ballots set to arrive on Tory members’ doorsteps by August 5, Sunak faces pressure to use the BBC debate to make an early breakthrough. The eventual winner and next Prime Minister will be decided by a vote amongst approximately 180,000 Tory Party members and is set to be announced on September 6.