The two candidates to become Britain's next prime minister began a head-to-head battle on Thursday for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country's new leader.
Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promising fiscal prudence, while Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is offering immediate tax cuts to the right-of-center governing party, which is divided and demoralized after three turbulent years under departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The winner of the Conservative contest will not have to face British voters until 2024, unless he or she chooses to call an early general election. "We are in very difficult times. We need to be bold," she told the BBC. "We cannot have business as usual for the challenge we face."
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