Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will become the next prime minister after Conservative MPs introduced them to the final round of Conservative leadership elections.
Here we see how they differ in key policy areas:
Economy
Rishi Sunak
Sunak has promised “a return to the traditional economic values of conservatives,” a position seen in various ways as a call for conservative instinctive fiscal prudence or a desire to return to “the economy of austerity.” When challenged with claims that he was a “senior tax chancellor,” he pointed to other candidates offering “comforting fairy tales” rather than facing the harsh economic reality. He has said he aims to cut taxes, but first he wants to deal with inflation.
Liz Truss
Truss has pledged to reverse the increase in the national insurance rate, which was designed to fund health and social care. His economic message has been based on low taxes and low regulation, and he told the viewer that he would treat the loans accumulated during the pandemic as a war debt that would be canceled over a long period of time.
Liz Truss: “My tax cuts will reduce inflation” – video
Climate
Rishi Sunak
Sunak would set a new legal target for the UK to become energy independent by 2045 at the latest and has pledged to maintain the government’s legally binding target of achieving zero net emissions by 2050 and has ensured that the green wing of the conservatives would protect the environment.
Experts say Sunak was reluctant to spend money on climate measures when he ran the Treasury. However, he has previously spoken out in favor of the net zero and advocated a greener economy.
Liz Truss
Truss has pledged to maintain the government’s legally binding target of achieving zero net emissions by 2050, but has said it would suspend green energy taxes.
He has the backing of Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, who is relatively strong on renewable energy, and another sponsor, Vicky Ford, says he supported Cop26.
Education
Rishi Sunak
Sunak supporters Nick Gibb and Damian Hinds, both of whom have served as ministers in the Department of Education, outlined Sunak’s approach to schooling in a column in the Times. The education system “will focus on excellence and delivering the skills and knowledge needed for the world of tomorrow,” they wrote. It plans to help the best multi-academic trusts expand and meet the commitment to establish high-quality free post-16 specialist schools outside of London and the South East.
Liz Truss
Truss has lamented the quality of the public school he attended, which critics quickly pointed out occurred under Conservative governments, and has pledged to give everyone “the same opportunities” to be “capable of to know that the city where they were born has opportunities “. .
Home Affairs
Rishi Sunak
Sunak also supports Rwanda’s elimination plan, although sources have reported that he opposed it as chancellor at a cost of £ 120 million. He has promised “repression against preparedness gangs” and has pledged to create a requirement for all police forces to have a child sexual exploitation team.
Liz Truss
Truss has said he would try to expand Rwanda’s elimination scheme to countries such as Turkey and has called it “completely moral.”
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Leveling up
Rishi Sunak
Sunak picked up the endorsement of Tory Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen as well as a number of “red wall” MPs on their leveling promises. He has pledged to keep a secretary of state at cabinet level to level up. Houchen said he was excited by Sunak’s interest in the level-up agenda.
Liz Truss
Truss has also pledged to continue with the leveling agenda, but added that he would do so in a “conservative manner.” Commentators have suggested that this means a focus on tax cuts and deregulation, rather than high spending and investment.
Brexit
Rishi Sunak
Sunak came out soon for Brexit before the referendum. He has been reported to have supported proposals on the “Northern Ireland Protocol” and, as chancellor, has promoted “free ports” in Britain as a way to benefit from Brexit. It has committed to a bonfire of EU laws that are “getting in the way” of British companies.
Liz Truss
Truss remained in the referendum campaign, but has since become largely in Brexit. He has led negotiations with Brussels on subsequent disagreements and is pushing for new legislation that would unilaterally rewrite the UK’s post-Brexit commitments with the EU on Northern Ireland.