LONDON: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the two contenders aiming to replace UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have clashed over the cost-of-living crisis.

On September 5, when the Commons reconvenes after its summer break, Truss or Sunak will be voted as party leader, becoming prime minister in the process, as per reports.

Following his resignation earlier this year, Johnson is still acting as caretaker.  As the leadership contenders sparred once more over the cost-of-living crisis, Truss' allies emphasised that she is dedicated to supporting families who are struggling with skyrocketing expenditures.

The former chancellor has renewed his criticism of Truss's emergency budget proposal for tax cuts, calling it a "big bung" for large businesses and the better off which would do little to help those most in need over the coming winter
Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland Secretary, who supports the Foreign Secretary, said that they would aim to "do anything we can" to assist those who are struggling due to rising inflation. After she implied at the weekend that there wouldn't be any "handouts" if she won the contest for No. 10, as the seat of government is called, and that her focus was lowering the tax burden, Truss's team was forced to go on the defence. Her backers maintained that her remarks had been misconstrued and that she had not ruled out providing additional direct assistance to families who were struggling with skyrocketing energy costs.

However, Sunak said that her proposals to repeal the national insurance boost, which he instituted as chancellor to pay for the NHS and social care, would leave someone earning the national living wage with less than a 60-pound annual gain while seniors would receive nothing.

He claimed in a piece for The Sun that her planned reduction in corporation tax would have no positive impact on small firms and would only serve to replenish the coffers of the largest, most profitable corporations.

Sunak claimed that his rival's initiatives "won't touch the sides" in light of the Bank of England's prediction that inflation will reach 13% and that average family energy costs will top 4,000 pounds.

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