UK PM contenders squabble over tax as campaign kicks off

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 23, 2022 12:04 am

London, United Kingdom: Liz Truss, the favorite to become Britain's next prime minister, on Thursday (Friday in Manila) criticized rival Rishi Sunak over his tax policies while finance minister as the pair kicked off six weeks of campaigning.

The foreign minister wrote in the Daily Mail that 'we have been going in the wrong direction on tax, with the tax burden at its highest in 70 years'.

Britain's Foreign Secretary and a contender for the leader of the Conservative party, and Britain's next Prime Minister, Liz Truss enters a car after leaving a hustings event in central London on July 21, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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