英国政治

Battle between Tory leadership contenders turns to UK immigration

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss vie to win support of party members by talking tough on border controls

The battle between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to become Britain’s next prime minister switched to immigration over the weekend, as the two Tory leadership contenders vowed to outdo each other in tightening up control of the country’s borders.

Sunak, the former chancellor, hinted he would clamp down on the number of people fleeing war and persecution who would be allowed to enter the UK should he win, saying he wanted to introduce “a healthy dose of commonsense into the system”.

Truss, the UK foreign secretary, said she would seek to strike more deals with third countries to process asylum claims made in the UK, following the controversial partnership agreed with Rwanda.

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