Have Your Say: Truss vs Rishi – who would YOU back as leader

Mr Sunak gained significant popularity for his pandemic response, enacting furlough schemes that saved many people’s livelihoods in the most significant health crisis of the 21st century. However, he faced scrutiny from the public for his wife’s tax affairs earlier this year.

The former Chancellor is considered the frontrunner to take charge of Number 10, with 41 MPs backing him, in comparison to the Foreign Secretary’s 19.

As voting by Tory MPs gets underway, do you back Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak? Or are you vying to see one of the outsiders get the top spot in Downing Street?

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