Liz said the Covid was too strict. She was asked about Sunak's comments in his interview. I didn’t actually sit on the Covid committee during that time, I was busy striking trade deals around the world. My view is we did go too far, particularly on keeping schools closed. I’ve got two teenage daughters and know how difficult it was for children and parents and I would not have a lockdown again … I was very clear in cabinet, I was one of the key voices in favour of opening up. Liz Truss said at the hustings that she would prefer Boris Johnson to be prime minister. Sunak called for the country to move forward and said he would like to see Truss become prime minister. The matter of whether France's president is "friend or foe" to the UK is out of the question. If she were prime minister, she would judge him on his actions. She argued that we did do too much during the Pandemic. The health secretary was harangued by a person who wanted to know what he was going to do about the ambulance waiting time crisis. She said that during their time in office, the Tories had done a lot. According to a new survey, people don't trust Liz Truss to reduce the cost of living. Keir Starmer has the highest ratings on this measure of the four politicians featured in the poll. Prof John Edmunds, head of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and one of the most influential figures on Sage during the Pandemic, responded to the criticism of the scientists. If Sunak thinks the economic consequences of lockdown did not get enough attention, then he is to blame, because he should have commissioned that analysis as chancellor. In his World at One interview, Sunak said he wouldn't leave politics if he lost. The PM's former chief adviser said that Sunak's Spectator interview read like someone who was about to quit politics. According to PA Media, Albanian police could be brought to the UK to watch migrant arrivals.
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That ends the hustings.
On August 31st, the final one is in London.
A member of the audience asked if she was a free trader or a protectionist, after learning that one of the major benefits of the UK leaving the EU was free trade.
She said she is a free trader and has cars on her back from battles to get the deal done.
The so-called "Treasury orthodoxy" means that money is funnelled into areas already invested in.
The foreign secretary said that he would set up low tax investment zones where local communities wanted them.
The Treasury orthodoxy means that more investment goes into areas that already have the investment.
I have made it clear in parliament that I am against single sex changing rooms. It's possible to restrict access on the basis of sex.
She was asked about Marks & Spencer allowing shoppers to choose whether to use the men's or women's changing room.
She says that M&S can decide their policies as they please.
In the last ten years, the education system has gotten a lot better according to Truss.
Is it a friend or foe of the French president? She will judge the French president on his actions, not his words.
Who would be a better PM if you weren't there? The person said Johnson.
Following on from Sunak's comments to The Spectator about the power of advisers during the Pandemic, she questioned the lock downs.
She admitted that they did do too much. It was too far out of line. We should not have closed schools.
A lot of children have suffered.
If I am selected as PM, I will not impose a lockdown.
She said she would change the culture of the health service.
She said that the culture is more important than the money.
Now it is Truss's turn. She said she wanted to show how long police forces spent on the beat.
She supports stop and search.
Sunak said it's easy to bash thebbc, but it's a proud British institution.
He said there was no woke bias option in the programme.
It is right that the values of everyone in this country are reflected in the BBC, but it is not done.
She believes that the UK has not been getting enough gas out of the North Sea or going fast enough on nuclear or renewable energy.
Sunak admits that some fishing communities feel that the deal they thought it would deliver hasn't happened.
He says there needs to be a revision of the quota.
Sunak wants to help young people get on the housing ladder by introducing a scheme that will allow first time buyers to purchase a home with a small deposit.
We are the only advanced economy in the world that allows children to give up math by the age of 18.
He wants to make apprenticeships better.
Sunak doesn't believe in arbitrary targets, but he will invest in the military.
Sunak said he would take the stairs if he were stuck in a lift with either Keir Starmer orNicola Sturgeon.
The former chancellor thinks that Truss would be a better prime minister.
Stop and search is an example of a police force being stopped from doing what they want to do.
The net zero carbon policy will not be abandoned by Sunak.
He said innovation, such as small modular reactor, was key to reducing emissions.
Sunak attacked Liz Truss's tax-cut plans, which he believes would not benefit the elderly, as he continued to promise to cut VAT on energy bills.
She would increase defence spending by 3% by the end of the decade.
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