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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Liz Truss pledges to ‘police streets, not Twitter’ if made Prime Minister

The Tory leadership hopeful faces Rishi Sunak in vote of Conservative members

Liverpool Echo

Rishi Sunak’s plan to cut VAT on energy bills a screeching U-turn, says Kwarteng

Business secretary, a supporter of Liz Truss, says former chancellor has ‘come late to the party’ on tax cuts

The Guardian - UK

Scots could have £160 taken off winter fuel bills under plan to cut VAT

Tory contender Rishi Sunak has tried to gain ground on rival Liz Truss by promising to a temporary cut in VAT on fuel bills this winter.

Daily Record

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Tory leadership race: Sunak’s proposed temporary VAT cut on fuel bills ‘wrong’ if allowed to become permanent, says IFS – as it happened

Latest updates: thinktank says plan would not help poorest least able to cope with rise in costs

The Guardian - UK

Sunak accused of ‘flip-flopping’ on tax after pledge to cut VAT on energy bills

The Tory leadership hopeful was accused of proposing an unfunded tax reduction after saying tax cuts were a fairy tale.

The Independent UK

Conservative leadership race: Rishi Sunak accused of ‘flip-flopping’ over tax cuts

Rishi Sunak was on Wednesday accused by a former Cabinet colleague of “flip flopping” over tax cuts, after he announced a pledge to slash VAT on domestic energy bills.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak rushed to Kate McCann and held her hand after host fainted in TV debate

The TalkTV/Sun leadership clash was halted after host Kate McCann passed out while the Tory hopefuls were clashing over the NHS and tax cuts

Daily Mirror

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Prime ministerial hopeful Sunak pitches UK energy bill tax cuts

Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain's prime minister, pledged on Wednesday to temporarily scrap taxes on energy bills paid by households, part of a "winter plan" to ease the cost-of-living crisis.

Reuters

India’s media is taking the wrong lessons from Rishi Sunak’s rise

In February 2020, when the now disgraced prime minister Boris Johnson appointed Rishi Sunak, the British-born third-generation son of Indian immigrants, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the second most important of the great offices of state, the news was greeted with gleeful astonishment and a sense of arrival - in…

Newslaundry

Sunak or Truss: What policies should we expect from our next prime minister?

Here are some of the policy pledges made by Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss during the Tory leadership contest.

The Independent UK

Conservative leadership race: Rishi Sunak accused of U-turn on tax cuts

The former chancellor unveiled a new ‘winter plan’ to tackle inflation and the cost-of-living crisis

Evening Standard

Tory leadership – live: Truss ally accuses Sunak of ‘flip-flopping’ after tax U-turn

Lib Dems brand ex-chancellor’s pledge he argued against in February ‘another Sunak Swindle’

The Independent UK

Truss and Sunak claim hard work pays - tell that to the nurses doing extra shifts just to get by

Annie Brown blasts the Tory leadership hopefuls for their 'hard work pays' mantra, when everyday Brits work just as hard but don't have the same privileges.

Daily Record

Sunak accused of U-turn after pledge to cut VAT on energy bills

Since the start of the contest, Mr Sunak has repeatedly accused Ms Truss of offering unfunded tax cuts.

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak promises to cut VAT from energy bills in cost of living crisis U-turn

One-year tax holiday worth £160 to households as costs predicted to soar by more than £1,000

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak pledges to scrap VAT on energy bills in massive tax U-turn

Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the measure would save the average household around £160 in the next year - but critics said it was a massive climbdown after he opposed tax cuts

The Independent UK

Truss vows to tell forces to cut crime by 20% and ‘police streets, not Twitter’

The Tory leadership hopeful wants to publish league tables showing how effectively police forces are tackling serious crime.

The Independent UK

Sunak pledges to cut VAT on energy bills under ‘winter plan’

The move is part of the former chancellor’s “winter plan” to tackle inflation and the cost-of-living emergency.

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak promises to scrap VAT on fuel bills if PM in dramatic U-turn

Year-long cut to help tackle cost of living crisis announced as contender battles to remain in leadership race against Truss

Daily Mirror

Train strikes: Union chief Mick Lynch says 'we MUST fight Tory war on workers'

RMT chief Mick Lynch accused Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss of being extremists who want to crush unions. He hit back at claims striking staff are holding the country to ransom

The Guardian - UK

Surreal TV debate marks another bizarre moment in Tory leadership contest

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak all but descend into outright abuse before Kate McCann’s disturbing collapse

Reuters

UK PM leadership live debate ends after presenter faints on air

A live debate between the two candidates vying to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister came to a dramatic end on Tuesday when the presenter fainted.

Daily Mirror

Nadine Dorries 'pretty confident' she'll be Culture Secretary if Liz Truss becomes PM

One Whitehall source said Nadine Dorries was 'pretty confident' about returning to the plum role in the Department of Culture if Liz Truss beats former chancellor Rishi Sunak to No 10.

The Guardian - UK

TV debate between Truss and Sunak cancelled after presenter faints

TalkTV show goes off air after Kate McCann’s collapse, cutting short a bitter clash over NHS and tax cuts

The Independent UK

TV clash between Sunak and Truss halted after host fainted on air

The Tory leadership debate on TalkTV was stopped due to the presenter fainting, and it will not be resumed.

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