
As they traded blows during their first one-on-one televised debate, Liz Truss accused Rishi Sunak of scaremongering and being part of “project fear”, while Sunak defended his private school education passionately.
In the Daily Express, the key issue that divided the Tory candidates was whether taxes should be cut now or later.
In the Daily Telegraph, Liz Truss compares Rishi Sunak and Gordon Brown, saying Mr Sunak’s refusal to cut taxes would cause a recession.
The Daily Mail’s front page features the pledge by Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss to reduce union power by ensuring a minimum level of service for roads, railways, and gas utilities.
According to the Daily Mirror, children are easily able to obtain lethal knives from high street stores.
A report in The i highlights Rishi Sunak’s claim that Liz Truss is promising “sugar rush” tax cuts “on the country’s credit card”, while she responds by saying he has failed to grow the economy.
Rishi Sunak repeatedly attacked Liz Truss’ economic policies in their first head-to-head televised debate, according to The Guardian.
According to Rishi Sunak, if Liz Truss becomes the next Conservative Party leader, interest rates will rise to 7% and the party will lose the next election.
According to the Daily Star, police patrols can cut violent crime by 70%.
According to Financial Times, Russia is reducing gas supplies through its largest pipeline to Germany this week to a fifth of capacity, which will leave the continent without critical supplies before winter.