Newsnight's policy editor lewis_goodall examines Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss' plans for dealing with the cost-of-living crisis, and how they embody different aspects of Thatcherism
There is yet more evidence her vision is proving popular with the 160,000 or so people who hold the keys to No 10 Downing Street - members of the Conservative Party.He insists tax increases that are coming - such as rising corporation tax - are justified given the colossal costs of Covid, and cutting tax too soon could make dealing with soaring prices harder.
Expect him to argue too that Liz Truss should spell out how she would pay for promises like sorting out social care or dealing with the NHS backlog while also cutting taxes. What has struck me is Liz Truss's diagnosis of what is at the root of many of the UK's problems - sclerotic economic growth - is very similar to what the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer thinks.
Their solutions to address the issue would be very different, but the problem they're trying to solve is the same.It looks like there'll be a blitz of policy ideas, taking in topics such as crime, immigration and Brexit.It's been a whirlwind few weeks and one of them is moving house in just over six weeks; their life and that of their families never the same again.More on this story
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