Summary
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt vowed to spend billions of pounds on public services, infrastructure and tax cuts Sunday as the two men battling to become prime minister pitched themselves as the best candidate to take on the opposition Labour Party.
Foreign Secretary Hunt pledged to slash corporation tax, even in the event of a disorderly no-deal Brexit, to drive economic growth and generate the funds to invest more in social care, defense and education.
With the winner decided by Conservative Party members, who overwhelmingly back Brexit, Hunt has toughened his language, saying he would take a decision at the beginning of October to go for a disorderly no-deal exit if there was no prospect of getting an agreement through Parliament.
Hunt said he had been in talks with the former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who negotiated a trade deal with the EU.
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