The two candidates to replace Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister are Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. The campaign’s final public action took place this Wednesday in London. Conservative Party primaries, the winner of which will be announced next week.
Rishi Sunak, Foreign Minister and former Minister of Economy, who was a clear favorite of the polls to take over the Downing Street office ahead of the thousands of “Tory” members at Wembley Arena in the UK’s capital. outlined its recommendations for addressing the cost of life crisis and answered questions from the public.
About 160,000 eligible party members have been able to vote since the beginning of August, and they have until Friday to do so.
The new Tory leader’s name will be announced at an event in the UK’s capital on Monday, with the official handover to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday. It will take place at Elizabeth’s summer residence in Balmoral, Scotland.
Both candidates dedicate the last event before members Unravel its schedules to address the recession projected by the Bank of England and rising inflation, which according to various analyzes could exceed 18% next year.
The next “consistent” leader faces the challenge of guiding the country amid this deep crisis and will have to call a general election before January 2025. Had an election been held now, the Labor Party would have seized power with some of them. Ease according to surveys.
Trus insisted will reverse plans to increase corporate taxIt’s a measure Johnson announced to try to reduce the enormous debt created by aid programs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Raising taxes “will not bring investment and growth to this country,” he said, suggesting that he will pass legislation to prevent rail strikes from paralyzing public transport, as has happened several times this summer in the face of protests. Demand increases wages in line with inflation.
Sunak, who designed the support measures during the coronavirus restrictions from the Ministry of Economy, said the following for himself: his program is not based on what people “want to hear” but “what they need to hear”..
Emphasizing the need to reduce public debt, the former minister said, “My plan is the right one to face inflation, to compassionately support those who need help most, and to protect our children’s economic legacy.”
“Depleting the country’s credit card is not the right thing to do, is not responsible and absolutely” not the most typical of conservatives“, he argued.