First head-to-head debate between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak gets underway

The two candidates in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister are going head-to-head in a TV debate.

Foreign secretary and favourite Liz Truss is squaring off with former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the BBC clash this evening.

It comes amid a bad-tempered contest which has seen the two candidates to replace Boris Johnson trade personal barbs and clash on the economy and tax.

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