Rishi Sunak And His Bid To Be UK PM, It's A Crucial Day
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Rishi Sunak, a polished debater, needs to recapture momentum after rival Liz Truss steamed into a strong polling lead on a platform of immediate tax cuts to address Britain's worst cost-of-living crisis in generations.
British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement on Monday as Tory members began a month of voting to decide the next occupant of 10 Downing Street.
Truss's lagging rival Rishi Sunak vied to make up lost ground with a plan for future tax cuts -- and potentially to fund a future women's football World Cup in Britain after England's "Lionesses" won the European championship.
Truss attended Sunday's final against Germany, and the first victory by any England football team in a major tournament since 1966 wiped Mr Sunak's long-term tax slashing plan off all the front pages except The Daily Telegraph.
The Conservative party contenders were going head to head later Monday in a members' hustings, in the southwestern city of Exeter -- the second of 12 such events before the winner is announced on September 5.
