Rishi Sunak has accused Liz Truss of failing to spot Brexit opportunities to help the UK’s farmers after the foreign secretary vowed to “unleash” the industry through deregulation.
“Liz Truss’ announcement today does nothing for farmers and food,” a spokesperson for Team Sunak said. “She blames Brexit and fails to see the opportunities from it to help farmers and food production”.
Earlier Mr Sunak said his pledge to cut tax is "perfectly affordable" as he defended his promise to reduce the basic rate to 16 per cent by the end of the next parliament if he becomes prime minister.
The former chancellor spoke to the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme earlier and insisted that it would be feasible to cut taxes while "growing public spending at a disciplined level and reducing our borrowing."
Elsewhere in the Tory leadership campaign, Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, vowed to “unleash” British farming through deregulation and won the backing of another high-profile MP.
Both candidates will face a grilling in the second of 12 official hustings over the summer in Exeter at 7pm.
