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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 30 August 2022 - Race to be PM enters final stage
Description: Conservative Party leadership front-runner Liz Truss has cancelled a televised interview with the BBC this week, citing time constraints. This has prompted her rival for the role to label her campaign as being without substance and insufficiently robust to stand up to scrutiny.
Truss has been under pressure to confirm that should she win the election, the result of which will be revealed next Monday, she will consider blanket support for the entire country to relieve the concerns over the cost-of-living crisis.
It is understood that Truss favours tax cuts as the most suitable method of reviving the economy, a...