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Britain can’t keep pushing its borrowing limits

21 June 2024

8:34 PM

21 June 2024

8:34 PM

Rishi Sunak tends to avoid taking aim at his predecessor. But in last night’s BBC Question Time election special, as he was quizzed by the audience about the Conservative party’s record, he delivered a surprisingly punchy answer. When asked about the Tory party’s record, he talked about how he stood up to Liz Truss’s borrow-and-spend plans during the leadership election in 2022.

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