Campaign Update: Day 21
mdi-fullscreen
- All quiet on Lord North Street
- New plans to make women safer on the street
- Announced intention to ban street harassment by outlaw catcalling and persistent wolf-whistling
- She will create a standalone offence of street harassment and rapidly introduce the domestic abuse register
- She will guarantee mandatory training for police officers in handling domestic abuse crimes
- Has been accused by Women & Equalities Chair Caroline Nokes of deleting a commitment to abortion and sexual health rights from an official multi-nation statement on gender equality in her role as Foreign Secretary.
- Rishi has faced a barrage of criticism he’s u-turned on tax policy as he faces a last-minute attempt to reverse his standing in the polls
- Promises a one-year abolition of VAT on energy bills provided – as it almost certainly will – the energy price cap tops £3,000
- Says this will be paid for out of fiscal headroom
- Team Truss called it a “screeching u-turn”
- Promised to allow fracking provided local communities consent to it
Bookies Odds (Previous in Brackets):
- Liz Truss 1/6 (1/4)
- Rishi Sunak 11/4 (5/2)