UK leader Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to get his lacklustre general election campaign back on track by promising voters tax cuts and lower immigration as he launched his Conservative party's manifesto. The prime minister channelled Tory heroine Margaret Thatcher by pledges of greater home ownership to woo a largely disaffected electorate away from poll front-runners Labour before the vote on July 4. Critics also point to record-low levels of house building and high mortgage rates under the party, blamed on the plan of unfunded tax cuts by Truss, Sunak's short-lived predecessor. He accused Labour of wanting to increase the tax burden on households, though the figures are in dispute. When asked by journalists if rumours he would resign were true, Sunak told broadcasters Monday: "No, of course not.

Source: The Times June 11, 2024 09:31 UTC