Here’s where UK’s Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak stand on issues from taxes to China

field of politics Les Truss Rishi Sonic Economy / Taxes

Proposes more than 30 billion pounds ($36 billion) in tax cuts to put ‘money back into people’s pockets’
It may reflect the rise in National Insurance that Sunak brought this year
Green tax moratorium to cut average energy bills by £153
Would you cancel the planned increase in next year’s corporate tax to 25% from 19%?
Delayed repayment of covid debt
Reform the tax system to make it fairer, including reviewing the treatment of families as single tax entities
favors a more interventionist monetary policy; We will look again at the Bank of England transfer
He says the recession predicted by the Bank of England can be avoided

He calls Truss’ “immoral” plans to pile debt on future generations
The top priority is controlling inflation
Supports tax cuts in the long run
It plans to temporarily reduce VAT on local energy bills if it rises above £3,000. In the government he was opposed to such a reduction
As Minister, he announced a penny cut in income tax by 2024; Now he says he will cut another 3p by 2030
Stick to the corporate tax increase plan in 2023
Tax reform to reward companies that invest and avoid penalizing SMEs
Expressed concern about the BOE’s Truss proposals

Brexit/Northern Ireland

Voted to stay but has since embraced the holiday and with the support of prominent Tory supporters
Architect of the Northern Ireland Protocol that would overturn the bulk of the provisions relating to the region in the UK’s Brexit deal with the European Union
Pledges to abolish all EU regulations by the end of 2023, including Solvency II and MiFID II rules in the ‘bureaucracy’ fire

Voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum on Britain’s exit from the European Union
Supports the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Businesses want to see the benefits and freedoms that Brexit creates
A new Brexit-handing section plans to review 2,400 EU laws in Britain’s legislative book with the aim of abolishing or reforming them by the next election.

immigration

Supports government plan to deter small boat crossings from France by deporting arrivals to Rwanda
The policy will extend to more countries
Intensify law enforcement efforts to prosecute criminal gangs responsible for human trafficking
Increase front-line border force by 20% and double the number of naval personnel
Addressing the labor shortage in agriculture through the short-term expansion of the seasonal workers programme

It has a 10-point immigration plan that narrows down the definition of individuals eligible for asylum
He supports Rwanda’s deportation plan, saying he will do “whatever it takes” to make it work
‘Small Boat Task Force’ plans to tackle the smuggling of people through the canals from France
He wants a “more effective” relationship with France
It would put a cap on asylum seekers
Interior Ministry reform, border force

Defense / Ukraine

Spend at least 3% of GDP on defense by 2030
Maintaining UK leadership in support of Ukraine including through sanctions against Russia and provision of heavy weapons to Ukraine
Keeping dialogue open with Russian President Vladimir Putin but only to ‘call’ him

He takes a “threat-based approach” to defense spending, pledging to invest “whatever it takes to keep our country safe,” while staying away from “random numbers”
Continuing to support Ukraine with arms, financing and sanctions
You will not deal with Putin

Housing / Planning

regionally adapting policies to make housing affordable; Building vertically in cities and allowing villages to expand gradually
A common approach to industry and infrastructure so that new housing is built where there are new jobs
Community consent is essential for planning
Include rent payments in mortgage assessments to allow up to 50% of tenants to move up the real estate ladder
Abolish the “top-down” housing goals, tear up the red tape to promote housing construction
Low-tax, low-regulated, low-plan “investment zones” including the creation of new cities

Ensuring the protection of the green belt for the surrounding villages and cities
Does not support “arbitrary” build targets
He describes his planning policy as “Brownfield, Brownfield, Brownfield”
Change planning rules to allow for denser housing in inner cities
Flat-pack modular housing reinforcement
Deal with “land banks” by developers to ensure more land is available for construction
Reducing the number of empty shops on the main streets by allowing commercial buildings to be reused for other purposes

China

Reducing the UK’s dependence on China
Adoption of the ban on China for important national infrastructure projects
Strengthening the Commonwealth as a counterweight to China through trade and investment
He says the UK should crack down on China’s TikTok

China says ‘No. 1 threat’ to UK security
the closure of all 30 Confucius Institutes in the UK; A review of research partnerships between China and the United Kingdom
Pursuing a ‘NATO-style’ alliance to defend against Chinese ‘technological aggression’
Chinese industrial anti-espionage
Consider blocking Chinese acquisitions of major assets in the UK

Energy / Climate Change

else

The second referendum on Scottish independence is ruled out
Scrap Failed Schools, Allow Creating New Base Schools
Reducing accumulated delays in the NHS by eliminating bureaucracy
Set the police goal to reduce serious crime and neighborhood crime by 20% by the end of this parliament
Recruit an additional 20,000 cops
It would make it difficult for trade unions to agree on strikes
supports single-sex spaces; That would cut diversity officers into the civil service
Committed to Johnson’s core policy of scaling up economic opportunity, he faced a recent misstep by declaring – and then reversing – a policy of setting public sector payments at the regional level according to the cost of living

The second referendum on Scottish independence is ruled out
Supports new grammar schools
The task force plans to address the backlog of the NHS
Build over 100 specialized surgical centers to reduce waiting times
£10 fine for missing doctor’s appointments
Expand police powers to tackle anti-social behavior such as graffiti and littering
would prevent biological men from competing in women’s sports; He undertakes to legislate so that a person’s gender means his biological sex
Committed to settling politics