Liz Truss And Rishi Sunak Toughen Immigration Pledges In Race To Become Prime Minister

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Pledging to double Border Force staff levels from 9,000 to 18,000, she would also bring forward a strengthened UK Bill of Rights to provide a "sound legal basis" to tackle illegal migration if she was to become PM.
42% : Sunak's plan includes a commitment to a narrower definition of who qualifies for asylum compared to that offered by the European Convention on Human Rights, with enhanced powers to detain, tag and monitor illegal migrants.
41% : Having clashed on taxation in the early stages of the contest, both finalists have spent the weekend setting out wider detail on what they would plan to do upon entering Number 10.
39% : The fiscal event would be used to reverse the 1.25% hike in national insurance, cancel the planned increase of corporation tax to 25% and cut £150 from energy bills by freezing green levies.

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