{"id":161509,"date":"2022-08-03T10:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=161509"},"modified":"2022-08-03T10:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:01:49","slug":"liz-truss-pulls-ahead-with-34-point-lead-over-rishi-sunak-in-the-polls-as-race-for-pm-hots-up-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/liz-truss-pulls-ahead-with-34-point-lead-over-rishi-sunak-in-the-polls-as-race-for-pm-hots-up-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Truss pulls ahead with 34-point lead over Rishi Sunak in the polls as race for PM hots up | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIZ Truss is still the hot favourite to be the next PM and Tory leader, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n

The survey by YouGov places the Foreign Secretary 34 points ahead of rival Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n


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A whopping 69 per cent of Tory members want Ms Truss to win the leadership race while only 31 per cent back Mr Sunak.<\/p>\n

The disappointing score for the ex-Chancellor shows he is losing ground in contest, with a seven per cent drop on the last YouGov poll.<\/p>\n

The race to be PM heated up this week with both teams ramping up attacks on their opponents.<\/p>\n

On Monday Mr Sunak accused Ms Truss of showing \u201ctrue Remainer colours\u201d when she pledged to let more European fruit pickers into Britain.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Secretary hit out the ex-Chancellor for only promising to slash taxes in seven years compared to her pledge of seven weeks.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the posting of ballot papers to Tory members was delayed last night following security concerns.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s spy agency GCHQ told the the party they are concerned about hacking threats to its online voting system.<\/p>\n

Previously Tory members were told they could pick their favourite candidate online and change their vote at a later date.<\/p>\n

Under new rules members will now only be able to vote once \u2013 either online or by post.<\/p>\n

They have until September 4 to cast their votes with the contest winner being announced the next day. <\/p>\n

Ballot papers should arrive on doorsteps by August 11 at the latest.<\/p>\n

A National Cyber Security Centre spokesman said: \u201cDefending UK democratic and electoral processes is a priority for the NCSC, and we work closely with all parliamentary political parties, local authorities and MPs to provide cyber security guidance and support.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you would expect from the UK\u2019s national cyber security authority, we provided advice to the Conservative Party on security considerations for online leadership voting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tonight Ms Truss and Mr Sunak will cross paths again for the third of 16 leadership hustings.<\/p>\n

The event in Cardiff will focus on issues including devolution and levelling up.<\/p>\n

Mr Sunak is likely to have a pop at Ms Truss over her former plans to replace national pay deals with regional pay boards.<\/p>\n

The idea was slammed as \u201chorrible\u201d by Tory MPs, who also said it was anti-levelling up.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Secretary quickly u-turned on the campaign pledge after it received huge backlash.<\/p>\n