Rishi Sunak's tax cuts are a matter of when, not if, Grant Shapps has told LBC.
He added that Mr Sunak, who appears to be the frontrunner in the leadership battle, has the "massive advantage" of being able to "walk into the job and get on with it on day one".
Mr Shapps defended the former chancellor, and said that just last week Mr Sunak brought in the biggest personal taxation cut for "generations".The former chancellor, who has clashed with other contenders for refusing to promise immediate tax cuts, told the Telegraph that his economic vision amounted to "common sense Thatcherism".
Mr Sunak is one of eight contenders to become Britain's next prime minister, competing against Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, attorney general Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt and chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, who all secured the backing of at least 20 Tory MPs. The full backing of each candidate was not immediately revealed by Sir Graham Brady, the backbench 1922 Committee's chairman, who only stated if each politician had made it through.
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