We’ve been fact checking tonight’s Conservative leadership debate, as the five remaining contenders to be the next PM set out their plans for the future of the UK. Our initial analysis 👇 ITVdebate
The five remaining Conservative leadership candidates have taken part in a second debate to explain why they think they should be the next Prime Minister.
During the ITV debate on Sunday 17 July, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat answered questions on topics ranging from inflation, the economy and tax to gender self-identification. Full Fact has been working to fact check the claims made by all five contenders. Here’s a closer look at some of the things they said. The candidates have made various claims about cutting taxes in this campaign, but have not always been entirely clear about how much this would cost or how it would be paid for.
“The question, then, must be: if you want to cut taxes and spending as a fraction of national income over the longer run, where are those cuts going to come from? Health? Pensions? Welfare? Schools?”During the debate, Ms Truss claimed that former Chancellor Mr Sunak had “raised taxes to the highest level in 70 years”. This claim, which also came up in
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