Rishi Sunak pledges 20% tax cut by end of decade in last-gasp pitch to members

Former chancellor warns party members against fantasy economics', adding voting for Truss would be self-sabotage'

Rishi Sunak has pledged to slash taxes by 20% by the end of the decade in a last-gasp pitch to Conservative members with the first ballots set to drop in the leadership race.

But in one of his strongest attacks yet on the frontrunner, Liz Truss, Sunak warned party members against an act of self-sabotage" that could cost the party the election and to be wary of major spending pledges and tax cuts which he has previously dismissed as fantasy economics.