Sunak and Truss clash on immigration and tax in leadership race

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Sunak laid out his plan to tackle illegal immigration on Sunday, saying the issue is his "priority" as he seeks to win over the Tory members who will decide the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister.
64% : Sunak sought to defend his proposals on Sunday afternoon, telling the BBC "no options should be off the table" when tackling illegal migration, but he was unable to give a clear assurance that his policy proposals would be legal.
61% : This comes as a report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration criticised the Home Office's "poor" response to illegal migration as "ineffective and inefficient."READ MORE:Murder arrest as man found dead in flatSunak's proposals were criticised by Truss allies, who argued it was unclear how the refugee quota would work and suggested some of his plans amounted to a "rebrand."
60% : The Truss campaign had said as Prime Minister she would increase the UK's frontline Border Force by 20% and double the Border Force Maritime staffing levels, with Truss claiming that her plan to tackle illegal migration would be given a strong legal foundation by the new UK Bill of Rights.
52% :On tax, Truss unveiled her plans to boost UK growth rates with "full-fat freeports," a move that may be seen as a bid to steal a march on Mr Sunak, who has been an advocate of free ports since his days as a backbench MP.
50% : Speaking to how he plans to fix the current "broken" system, he offered a 10-point plan that included creating an annual cap on the number of refugees accepted into the UK each year, and narrowing the definition of who qualifies for asylum compared to that from the European Convention on Human Rights.

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