Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss trade economic blows in first head-to-head TV debate

Rishi Sunak pipped Liz Truss in the first direct TV debate of the Conservative Party leadership race in a series of fired-up clashes, according to a snap poll issued minutes later.

The poll by Opinium, based on a sample of 1,032 voters, found 39 per cent believed Mr Sunak had performed best compared to 38 per cent for Ms Truss.

The pair sought to land knock out blows in criticism of each other's economic plans during the hour-long TV appearance in the pottery town of Stoke:

Mr Sunak hammered the point there was “nothing Conservative” about Ms Truss’s approach and it would give the party “absolutely no chance” of winning the next election.

Ms Truss, the Foreign Secretary, suggested her rival would lead the country into a recession.

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