in clacton. including nigel farage who becomes the leader of reform taking overfor who becomes the leader of reform taking over for richard tice. who becomes the leader of reform taking overfor richard tice. while the debate is on, we do have a live page running on the bbc website and we are going to talk about, maybe get some reaction from glasgow before the end of the programme on what has been discussed. an important night. of course in scotland tomorrow it s the turn of the uk leaders, keir starmer and rishi sunak go head to head tomorrow and we will bring you plenty of that as well. we ll take a short break and on the other side of that, plenty more to come on election day and what we ve heard, so do stay with us. hello there. monday was dominated by some contrasting conditions. the best of the sunshine certainly was through scotland, and in fact, a beautiful afternoon in st andrew s fife. but the story will change through tomorrow. further south, some cloud, thick enough fot the
is they are. they do have an economic orthodoxy, and they do resist change. and what people in britain desperately need now is change. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. economy very much front and centre for both these candidates. yes. economy very much front and centre for both these candidates. for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame in for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame in her for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame in her campaign i for both these candidates. yes, liz | truss frame in her campaign around the fact that she is immediate tax cutter, she will deregulate things. her big picture she will immediately do things like reversing the national insurance rise that was brought into force earlier this year to pay for the nhs backlog after covid in some parts of social care, so she will reverse that immediately and has an emergency budget to do that and said she will take gre
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the trade minister, penny mordaunt, was eliminated after building significant support. allies blamed vicious media briefings against her. so what do we know about the two finalists to be our next prime minister? the former chancellor, rishi sunak, became an mp in 2015, voted leave in the eu referendum, and has said he wants to cut taxes, but only when inflation s under control. the foreign secretary, liz truss, was first elected in 2010, became a cabinet minister in 2014, and voted remain in the eu referendum, but rapidly became an enthusiast for brexit. she is promising immediate tax cuts. over the next several weeks, conservative party members will vote to determine their new leader and the country s next prime minister. so what do these young tories make of the contenders? i think in particular promises are cheap, and i m wanting to hear a candidate that is honest about the trade offs that the country is facing. liz truss, i think, is very good for the kind of right wing of the part