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THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER: RISHI SUNAK VS LIZ TRUSS THE FINAL CONTENDERS
For the third time in six years, the Conservative Party
finds itself looking for a new leader, with the winner
set to be announced on Monday 5 September.
After five rounds of voting Despite having both served
among MPs, Foreign Secretary together in Cabinet for most of
Liz Truss and former Chancellor the Johnson administration,
Rishi Sunak emerged as the final Sunak and Truss have set out
INTRODUCTION two candidates to face the full significantly different positions
Conservative membership in a on a range of issues, from the
head-to-head contest. While economy to Net Zero, and are
Sunak finished top of each set for a bruising month-long
round of MP voting, it is Truss campaign to convince members
who starts the membership they have the right ideas to win
ballot as clear favourite as the next general election.
hustings take place around the
country during August.
Our SEC Newgate briefing looks at what the candidates stand for,
who their key allies and potential Cabinet appointments are, and
what positions they have taken on the crucial policy decisions they
will face when entering No.10 as Prime Minister.
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LIZ TRUSS
The Foreign Secretary with a ten-year frontbench Truss is running from the right of the Conservative
career behind her is pitching herself as the Party and is known for her economic libertarian views
continuity candidate. Identified by pundits as a and enthusiastic support for free trade. A Liberal
frontrunner early in the Conservative leadership race, Democrat during her student days and a campaigner
her campaign got off to a rockier than expected start, for a remain vote in the 2016 referendum on the UK’s
with Penny Mordaunt coming close to keeping her EU membership – as Sunak’s campaign has been
off the final ballot. eager to remind the Conservative membership base
-Truss has refashioned herself as a
born-again Brexiteer.
Leading Sunak in polls of Conservative Party members, Truss has
announced that as Prime Minister, she would reverse the national
insurance rise, introduce a temporary moratorium on green levies
WHO ARE
on energy bills, and rule out corporation tax hikes.
RISHI SUNAK AND
LIZ TRUSS?
She has been keen to draw attention to the difference Known for her at times idiosyncratic speaking style,
between her background and Sunak’s, emphasising which has led to clips of some of her speeches going
her education at a state comprehensive school and viral, her campaign has faced some challenges over
RISHI SUNAK drawing some media criticism for describing whether she cuts a ‘serious’ enough figure for a
The one-time favourite to be next in line, whose opportunities that he went on to enjoy, a narrative that Roundhay in Leeds - where she spent part of her potential Prime Minister. However, these criticisms
resignation as Chancellor helped bring about the Sunak campaign put at the heart of his original childhood - as a ‘red wall’ area. seem to be having minimal influence on the position
Boris Johnson’s sudden downfall. Sunak’s handling launch video. Concerns remain among some of Conservative members. As the situation stands,
of the economy during the pandemic - built on huge members, however, about the questions Sunak would Truss is in pole position to become the next
additional spending - catapulted him into the face in a general election campaign regarding his Prime Minister.
spotlight and earned him plaudits from MPs and the family wealth.
public alike thanks to interventions such as the
furlough scheme. On policy, Sunak is positioning himself at the
responsible small ‘c’ conservative who has insisted on
However, this picture has looked very different tackling inflation and controlling the public finances,
as of earlier this year. His fine for breaching Covid before his promises of tax cuts can be delivered. His
restrictions coupled with the media attention on his decision to temporarily scrap VAT on energy bills to
wife’s tax affairs left him facing accusations of being help with the cost of living, however, is evidence of
out of touch and out of luck as he pushed through the pressure his fiscal conservatism has come under
a controversial rise in National Insurance. during the campaign.
He has tried to fight back against perceptions of him Sunak’s handling of the
as part of the wealthy elite by emphasising the
economy during the pandemic -
conservative values of ambition and hard work,
highlighting his family’s backstory as evidence of the
built on huge additional spending
opportunities that the UK can provide. Sunak’s family - catapulted him into the
emigrated to the UK with little money but built a spotlight and earned him plaudits
successful family business, working to provide the from MPs and the public.
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KEY ALLIES AND POSSIBLE CABINET LIZ TRUSS Truss has also been buoyed by a number of high-
Pitching herself as the continuity candidate who - profile endorsements from her colleagues in the
The first challenge for the new leader will be appointing a unlike Sunak - stayed loyal to Boris Johnson until the Cabinet and former contenders in the leadership
Cabinet that strikes the balance of rewarding their own supporters end, a Truss Cabinet is likely to bring together new election. The endorsement from Defence Secretary
and old. Expect promotions for her inner circle, with Ben Wallace, whom Truss has worked closely with in
while also bringing in talent from all wings to unite the party Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Work and response to the situation in Ukraine, no doubt
after a bitter contest. Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey and provides a significant boost to her credentials as a
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke likely candidate capable of leading on the major foreign
to be among the biggest winners. policy challenges of the day. Regarded as having
delivered an effective response to the Russian
Ahead of what is to be a difficult end to the year with Others who may be hoping for a
spiralling living costs, a double-digit deficit to Labour Kwarteng, a long-term friend and intellectual ally of invasion, expect Wallace to remain in post, with one
job under Sunak include Mel Stride, eye on the eventual role as NATO General Secretary.
in the polls and further planned strike action, putting Truss, shares her vision for a tax cutting, small state
up a united front will be essential if the new who has been helping to lead his approach to governing. Should the Brexit-backing Truss’ plans to increase defence spending, followed
government is to hit the ground running. campaign. Currently serving as Kwarteng be promoted to Chancellor, we can expect by the endorsement of Wallace look to signal a
Chair of the Treasury Select the pair to sing from the same hymn sheet on the reversal of Johnson’s planned cuts to troop numbers.
Tom Tugendhat’s endorsement also bolsters Truss’
Though Sunak and Truss have each said they would Committee - scrutinising Sunak’s economy, in stark contrast to the often-fractious
offer the other a role in their Cabinet, the reality is that relationship between Johnson and Sunak. credentials as a serious figure on foreign policy and
economic agenda from the is likely to be under consideration for a role in
from Chancellor and Foreign Secretary the only way is
down for whoever misses out on promotion to No.10, backbenches - Stride represents a Despite working alongside Sunak, Chief Secretary the Foreign Office next time round.
meaning a return to the backbenches could be on the safe choice for an economic brief to the Treasury Simon Clarke was an early backer of
cards for the runner up, making it easier for them to and knows the department well Truss’ campaign and has been critical of the former Though the contest still has a way
cause trouble for the winner. following his time as Financial Chancellor’s move against Boris Johnson. Part of the
to go, the fact that Wallace and
2017 intake and representing one of the first bricks
Secretary to the Treasury under Tugendhat have broken the way of
in the ‘Red Wall’ to fall, the Middlesbrough South and
RISHI SUNAK Theresa May. East Cleveland MP’s appointment to Business Truss suggests that they are
Sunak would also be expected to reward his
Secretary would be presented as a signal of Truss’ acutely aware of the current
campaign team with roles at the top table. Health One particular challenge for Sunak – and indeed Truss
Secretary and former Chief of Staff to Boris Johnson, - will be what to do with former Levelling Up
commitment to continue the levelling up agenda direction of travel.
and allay fears that it will be left behind with the
Steve Barclay, is touted as potential Chancellor, Secretary Michael Gove. Gove was an early backer of change in government. International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan
bringing experience from his time as Chief Secretary Kemi Badenoch but has yet to declare for either of the
– whose strong criticism of Penny Mordaunt helped
and an earlier stint as Economic Secretary final two candidates. Still regarded as an effective
Other loyal supporters dent her campaign to Truss’ benefit - would also hope
to the Treasury. minister capable of driving ahead with his own
agendas, most recently putting flesh on the bones of
including Work and Pensions to remain in the fold and challengers to the right of
In line for returns from the wilderness are former levelling up, Gove may be in line for an immediate Secretary Thérèse Coffey and Trade Truss such as Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman
can also expect to be rewarded with good jobs.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and former Culture return to the job he had made his own before his Minster Ranil Jayawardena would
Tapping into the party’s new blood, rising stars of the
Secretary Oliver Dowden, who resigned from his role shock sacking. also be in line for promotions, while 2019 intake such as Dehenna Davison would be odds
as party chair following the two by-election defeats
the newly appointed Education on to enter government for the first time in
in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton. Jenrick and As much as Sunak’s broad base of support from his
Dowden are close allies of Sunak, with the three colleagues in Cabinet and across government meant
Secretary, James Cleverly, would public-facing junior ministerial roles.
penning a joint article during the 2019 leadership he had the early momentum during the race, it also also fancy his chances of retaining
How Truss would look to reward those Johnson
campaign that played a key role in winning support poses an additional layer of challenges with those his place in the Cabinet.
uber-loyalists such as Nadine Dorries and
for Boris Johnson among new MPs. backers looking to be rewarded. Deputy Prime
Jacob Rees-Mogg, whose backing helped haul her
Minister Dominic Raab and Transport Secretary
above Mordaunt in the final round of MP voting,
Grant Shapps are just two of the senior Cabinet
would be a more challenging prospect given their
members whose endorsements lent significant
aggressive opposition to Sunak and the backlash to it
credibility to Sunak’s bid and both will expect to retain
from his supporters.
senior positions in government. Balancing this with
the need to bring in his own team would no doubt be
a major challenge early on.
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E C O N O M Y A N D TA X
Undoubtedly the biggest battle throughout this leadership
campaign has been over economic policy and, in particular, the
differing levels of taxation that Truss and Sunak are proposing. With
a contest being fought at a time when the UK economy is suffering
extreme stagflation, the new Prime Minister will have to develop
policies to deal with low growth and high inflation, both at levels
that have not been seen in the UK since the 1970s.
Both candidates have attacked each other’s proposed Economists and critics of Truss have highlighted that,
tax policy. During the BBC debate, Sunak repeatedly by nature, tax cuts are inflationary. Still, the Foreign
interrupted Truss to declare that her plans were “not Secretary hopes economic growth and further
responsible,” “not moral,” and a “short-term sugar borrowing will fund the cuts. Furthermore, Truss has
rush,” with an effort to position himself as being more been keen to highlight that both the American and
fiscally conservative. Truss hit back, claiming that Japanese economies have higher levels of debt than
Sunak’s tax policies as Chancellor were the UK and that no other G7 nation has raised
unconservative and his plans would lead the UK taxes since the pandemic – and therefore, she
towards a recession. believes there is room for the UK to borrow more.
Truss has pledged tax cuts Truss also wants to view the Covid debt as akin to a
wartime debt, with less emphasis on repayment. It is
totalling £30bn. She would reverse
a risky approach for Truss to take, given the global
the National Insurance inflationary predictions and tax cuts certainly will not
increases that Sunak introduced, guarantee that the UK avoids a recession. She was
cancel the Corporation Tax rises also unable to provide an answer to the
due next April, and introduce a BBC Economics Editor, Faisal Islam, when he asked
what impact the record high long term interest rates
temporary removal of green energy
would have on how ability to pay off public debts
levies on electricity bills. from Covid-19. Despite this, she has claimed that the
economic policies of the last 20 years have failed and
Sunak pledged to cut taxes, but only after inflation
stated that she wants to alter them radically.
has peaked and returned to some level of normality.
Sunak has pitched himself as the responsible
candidate to manage the economy and has made
tackling inflation his key priority. He has said he would
stand by his increase in taxes but insists this will only
be in the short term. He has been clear that he views
any policy approach that passes on public debts from
Covid-19 as both irresponsible, and unfair to future
generations. Sunak has also avoided pledges to
increase the defence budget or announce new public
sector spending plans.
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NET ZERO TARGETS
Sunak has stated that he supports the UK’s 2050 net zero target,
pushing the narrative that Net Zero would allow the UK to invest in
the economy of tomorrow. He has also announced that as Prime
Minister, he would introduce policies to move the UK towards a
self-sufficient energy network by 2045.
Liz Truss has also stated her support for the UK’s legally binding Net Zero
target but has said that the Net Zero agenda must be delivered in a way
that “doesn’t harm people and businesses.”
E N E R GY A N D N E T Z E R O
The energy sector has been on the front pages since Russia
invaded Ukraine. There is great pressure on both candidates to set
out how they would navigate the UK out of the energy crisis, with
COP26 President Alok Sharma threatening to resign should the
new PM fail to deliver on the Net Zero agenda.
However, despite the energy price crisis, green Ultimately, neither Truss nor Sunak has demonstrated
issues has not been especially prominent in either the same level of enthusiasm for green policies and
candidate’s campaign speeches or contributions to Net Zero as Boris Johnson has during his time as PM.
debates. Open Democracy noted that BBC, LBC and While both have managed to secure the backing of
GB News dedicated only 3% of interview time with influential Conservative MPs who are committed to
both candidates to climate issues. What Rishi Sunak keeping the UK on a 2050 Net Zero trajectory (Net
and Liz Truss have presented thus far have been Zero Support Group Chair Chris Skidmore MP is
described by the New Statesman as ‘lip service’, with backing Sunak, and BEIS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
both candidates promising un-costed tax cuts and has thrown his support behind Truss) it remains to
Truss stating that green levies on energy bills should be seen how much these voices will influence the
be temporarily scrapped. direction of either’s campaign – or premiership.
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GREEN ISSUES
At a hustings organised by the Conservative Environment Network,
Truss pledged that if she becomes Prime Minister, she would attend
and send a delegation to the COP15 biodiversity conference
in Montreal.
Truss has previously been criticised by parts of the Moreover, he has pledged to
renewable energy industry for introducing
uphold the ban on new onshore
controversial cuts to subsidies for solar farms during
her time as Environment Secretary, and for claiming at wind farms in England, which would
the time that solar farms hindered food production. mark a departure from
Boris Johnson’s plans to consider
Sunak has announced that he would consider relaxing the planning rules for
introducing new energy efficiency schemes for
onshore wind in England in areas
housing. However, some critics have noted that
during his time as Chancellor, there were reports of where it has local support.
clashes between Sunak and Johnson over green
policies, and Sunak is believed by some to have
delayed the release of the government’s Heat
and Buildings Strategy.
ENERGY BILLS
During Truss’ campaign, she has emphasised her focus on
energy security, and has pledged that she would put a temporary
moratorium on green levies on energy bills. She has also argued
that the war in Ukraine demonstrates that reliance on fossil fuels
is “unsustainable.”
Criticising her opponent’s introduction of a windfall Sunak has announced that he
tax on oil and gas company profits during his time as
would remove the 5% VAT charged
Chancellor, Truss has said that she does not believe in
windfall taxes, and that “what we should be doing is on household energy bills for
encouraging Shell and other companies to invest in 12 months from October if, as
the UK because we need to get our productivity up.” expected, the energy price cap for
a typical consumer rises above
£3,000. This announcement was
met with some criticism from Truss’
campaign, with BEIS Secretary and
Truss-backer Kwasi Kwarteng
describing the move as “a
screeching handbrake U-turn.”
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H E A LT H HOUSING
Winning him few friends on the backbenches but Housing remains one of the major public service
signalling his commitment to pragmatism against his challenges which the candidates will need to confront
own economic instincts, Sunak’s major contribution to in office.
NHS reforms remains the increase to national
insurance contributions. With waiting lists at record Throwing red meat to the membership, Sunak has
highs, Sunak declared that addressing this would be pledged to protect the Green Belt and prioritise
his “number one public service priority” in office with housing reform through building more houses in the
the further target of eliminating one year waits by the North and Midlands, while also reforming the
end of 2024. planning system to empower local communities.
As part of last year’s Budget, he provided an Showing her willingness to take on a challenge, Truss’
additional £6bn in funding for the NHS as part of approach is rather different. She has outlined her
broader plans which Truss has also committed to desire to build a million new homes on the Green Belt
honouring. Truss would be likely to find her hands tied while also scrapping “Whitehall, Soviet-style,
in continuing to provide this additional funding for top-down targets.” Also key will be the appointment
the NHS. Consistent with her wider agenda of cutting of the next Housing Minister – with a dozen different
red tape, she has also outlined her desire to reduce housing ministers in as many years, such a churn in
micromanagement on the NHS frontlines, to reduce personnel inevitably makes planning for the
waiting times and increase GP capacity. long-term difficult.
PUBLIC SERVICES E D U CAT IO N
Pitching herself as the ‘Education Prime Minister,’ Truss
has set out her six-point plan for reforming the
Truss favours a low tax, small state in which the government education system, including driving up maths and
literacy standards while replacing failing academies
focuses on encouraging growth and reducing regulation, while with free schools. She has also announced plans to
shifting power away from Westminster and Whitehall. As he give all pupils who achieve top grades at A-Levels
automatic interviews at Oxford and Cambridge.
demonstrated throughout the pandemic, Sunak is more
pragmatic in his approach. The experience of being Chancellor Given her background as a junior minister at the
Department for Education – her first role in
during the Covid-19 period has meant that he had to make government – education is perceived as an area of
numerous politically challenging decisions, in many cases against advantage for Truss over Sunak. Much of her focus in
the role was on driving up standards for early years
his own more fiscally conservative instincts. education and reforming A-Levels to make Britain
competitive on the world stage, so it is unsurprising to
Truss has vowed to maintain current levels of public Taking a more pragmatic approach informed by his see this agenda developed as she mounts her
spending despite her plans to cut tax. Whether the time heading up the nation’s finances, Sunak initially leadership bid.
numbers add up remains to be seen, but her warned against tax cuts until public finances improve.
immediate priority as set out during her campaign The planned increases to corporation tax along with Aside from announcing a ban on Confucius Institutes
would be encouraging economic growth to drive the National Insurance hike he signed off on have won in schools and allowing Ofsted to grade PE lessons,
investment from the private sector. As for public him few friends amongst the Conservative Sunak’s vision for education is less clearly defined. As
sector spending, her priority is making the current membership base. Chancellor he signalled an interest in skills reform, so
system work better through ‘cutting bureaucracy’ and this may well be an area which we would see built out
ensuring that government support is provided in a under his premiership.
more targeted way.
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FOREIGN POLICY
BREXIT
Unsurprisingly Brexit has continued to play a significant role in the
leadership contest, posing its own unique set of challenges to
both candidates.
Sunak, who backed Brexit from the beginning in spite Truss, by comparison, has had an
of warnings about the impact that it might have on his
easier time shaking off critics’ views
political career, has struggled to win over the more
ardent Eurosceptics within the party despite his on her Brexit position. Having
repeated calls for the UK to embrace the championed remain in the EU
opportunities that Brexit brings. At last year’s referendum, Truss has been able to
Conservative Party Conference, he proclaimed that effectively rebrand herself as a born
“the agility and freedom provided by Brexit would be
again Brexiteer – helped in no small
more valuable in a 21st century global economy than
just proximity to a market.” In government he has part by being the face of post-Brexit
continued to champion the use of freeports, special Britain through signing Free Trade
areas within the UK’s borders with different Agreements (FTAs) with Japan,
economic rules which he believed would make it Australia and New Zealand during
easier and cheaper to do business.
her time as International Trade and
Foreign Secretary respectively.
As a consequence, Sunak has
sought to convince his Most recently, Truss has been leading the Northern
pro-Brexit colleagues of his Ireland Protocol Bill through Parliament, legislation
credentials by promising to scrap or that will unilaterally scrap parts of the deal signed with
reform all “EU law, red tape and the EU in 2020. In spite of fierce EU opposition, Truss
believes that the legislation will fix parts of the
bureaucracy that is… slowing
Northern Ireland Protocol which were “undermining
economic growth.” The former the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.”
Chancellor has also pledged to
create a new Brexit Delivery Being the face of Global Britain has lent her credibility
Department which will be tasked in representing the country on a global stage, shaking
off some of the concerns from those within the party
with focusing on either removing or
regarding her previous support for Remain. This status
reforming the 2,400 EU laws in our has been further cemented by securing the support of
statute book so Britain can some of the most vocal Brexiteers in the Conservative
“capitalise on the freedoms” Party, including members of the influential European
of Brexit. Research Group and Minister for Brexit Opportunities,
Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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I MMI GR ATI ON However, Truss’ changing position on China has also been picked up on by
As one of the ‘red meat’ policy areas for the membership, both Team Sunak. In a speech in 2014 as Education Minister, Truss said she was
candidates have taken hard-line stances on immigration as they “delighted to support the IoE Confucius Institute”, adding, “the Confucius
Institute and its network of Confucius classrooms will put in place a strong
jostle to position themselves as the toughest on issues such as infrastructure for Mandarin.” This perceived double standard in Truss’
Rwanda and the Calais/Dover crossings. actions and rhetoric will no doubt be something that Sunak looks to
capitalise on in promoting his credentials as the candidate best suited
Declaring in The Telegraph that the UK’s ’’asylum The Foreign Secretary has arguably gone further than
system is broken”, Sunak argued that taking back any other candidate on immigration during this
to dealing with China on the international stage.
control of our borders was one of the reasons he contest, vowing to expand the Rwanda deportation
campaigned to leave the EU. As part of this pitch, he policy to other countries and increase frontline border
also set out his 10-point plan to tackle illegal staff by 20 percent if she becomes Prime Minster. Her
immigration, which included: capping the number commitment to fully implement the Rwanda policy has
of refugees the UK accepts each year, creating a new led to her telling Conservative colleagues, during the FREE TRADE
cross-government small boats taskforce, and first formal hustings, that she would be “prepared to
tightening the definition of who qualifies for UK leave the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)”
Trade is one of the policy areas where Truss is strongest.
asylum. Sunak has also repeatedly voiced his support if they continued to exert influence on the UK’s Throughout her time as International Trade Secretary, Truss
for the Rwanda policy, stating that he would do immigration plans. This report seemed to be
“whatever it takes to implement it and pursue confirmed after Truss said she would “not cower to
advocated for the benefits of free trade. During the second reading
additional similar partnerships.” the ECHR and its continued efforts to try and control of the Trade Bill, Truss highlighted how free trade not only helps
immigration policy.”
Britain, but the entire world, noting how it has helped to lift a billion
CHINA
people out of extreme poverty. Moreover, in a speech to Policy
As Foreign Secretary, Truss has raised her concerns During the contest Sunak has come out as a critic of
about China. During her Mansion House speech China, believing the Chinese Communist Party to be Exchange, Truss argued that free trade can help to achieve the
earlier this year, she urged China to “play by the the “largest threat to Britain.” As a result, he has
Government’s levelling up agenda as she set out how the UK’s new
rules” and insisted that the country’s economic rise proposed a series of measures to mitigate Beijing’s
was “not inevitable.” Truss has also called out China’s influence in the UK, including closing all 30 branches trade strategy will move from “defence to offence.”
human rights violations in Xinjiang and warned of the Confucius Institute in the UK, creating a new
an invasion of Taiwan would be a “catastrophic ‘NATO-style’ international alliance to tackle
miscalculation.” Chinese cyberthreats, as well as reviewing all Her most notable achievements as International Trade Truss’ main trade policy centres
Secretary include the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
UK-Chinese research partnerships that could assist around the previously mentioned
China’s technology or have military applications. signed with Australia and Japan, and the opening of
The Foreign Secretary has been trade negotiations with New Zealand and the ‘new Commonwealth deal,’ sitting at
keen to appear tough on China and Despite this recent tough stance on China, Sunak’s Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for “at the heart” of her Global Britain
has pledged to crack down on previously sympathetic views have not gone Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). plan. Her plan is to expedite
Chinese-owned tech companies unnoticed. During his Mansion House Speech in July bilateral trade agreements with
In spite of his desire to leave the EU, an independent
such as TikTok. She has also 2021, the former Chancellor argued that too often member nations by prioritising a
“the debate on China lacks nuance” and that Britain trade policy was not one of the issues that led Rishi
announced that she will launch a Sunak to campaign for Brexit. In Parliament, the model Commonwealth Trade
needs to establish “a mature and balanced
“new Commonwealth deal” to relationship” with “one of the most important former Chancellor has rarely mentioned free trade. In template which, once agreed, will
counter China’s “growing economies in the world.” Allies of Truss have also July this year, he said the future FTA between allow countries to have access to a
malign influence.” accused Sunak of being soft on China, with former India and the UK holds exciting prospects for fast-track process to establish
financial services but during the leadership contest he
Conservative Party Leader, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, tailored bilateral agreements.
highlighting that the Treasury under Sunak pushed has not spoken about his plans for new FTAs.
hard for an economic deal with China.
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