Rishi Sunak declines to say he would vote for Truss’s tax-cutting budget

Tory leadership candidate argues it would cause an inflationary spiral and damage economy

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Rishi Sunak has declined to say he would vote for an emergency budget brought forward by Liz Truss to enact tax cuts, after arguing that it would cause an inflationary spiral and damage the economy.

The former chancellor has made increasingly forceful attacks on Truss's economic policies in recent days, previously signalling that he would find it difficult to serve in a cabinet she led because of a gulf in positions on the country's finances.