hello there. we start here in the uk, where the two rivals vying to become the next prime minister have been setting out their contrasting economic plans and attacking each others . foreign secretary liz truss, currently the favourite to win, has suggested her party s economic policy has been wrong notjust under her rival, former chancellor rishi sunak, but for its entire period in power. ms truss said the past two decades had failed to deliver growth and promised billions of pounds in immediate tax cuts. we ve got the highest taxes for 70 years. we ve got lower debt than the united states, than japan, than canada. no other countries are raising taxes and the oecd countries are raising taxes and the 0ecd has described our current policy as contractionary and contractionary, it essentially means policies that lead to a recession. so what i want to do is increase tax revenues by growing the economy, not choke off growth by raising taxes. mr sunak has been restating his plan to
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Known as raac a type of concrete, thats known to be at risk of crumbling. Meanwhile, in the last couple of hours another twist with the Education Secretary caught on camera voicing her frustrations about the media coverage. This is Gillian Keegan, after an interview with itv news. Does anyone ever say, you know what, youve done a bleep good job, because Everyone Else has sat on their and done nothing . No signs of that, no . The footage was captured by itv news as the Camera Repositioned for extra shots at the end of an interview with the minister, while she was still wearing her microphone. In the last hour or so, Gillian Keegan has given another interview, apologising for those comments. Have apologising for those comments. Have a listen. Gillian keegan, you said Everyone Else had sat on their as is, which suggests you think people hadnt been pulling their weight. Who were you talking about . It was about nobody in particular. It was an off the cuff remark after the News Interview ha
Borrowing spree, that is only going to make the situation worse. on thursday, official figures showed the uk paid almost £19.5 billion in interest on its government debt last month. that s an all time record and more than double the previous record set last summer. it s because interest rates on uk government bonds are linked to the rate of inflation, which is soaring. adding to the pressure, independent economists are raising the alarm about the affordability of ms truss s tax cut plans. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has also been taking a closer look. here are the steps in between the foreign office and the treasury. the two departments in mr sunak s case until very recently where the mps vying to be our next prime minister ran great offices of state. it s been a very busy time with war in europe and a related inflation crisis, but the debate over who gets to number 10 looks like being driven by economics.