When is the next Tory leadership TV debate?

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will take part in a televised head-to-head hustings to be hosted by Sky News on August 4.

Until then, they will embark on their second members' hustings (out of an official 12 set to take place) to decide which of them will succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.

The event is scheduled to take place on August 1 in Exeter. A third members' hustings is set for August 3 in Cardiff.

The first hustings took place on July 28, broadcast on LBC radio.

When are the Tory leadership TV debates?

Sky News has confirmed that its debate will take place in front of a live audience on Thursday, August 4.

BBC One aired the first of the two debates between the two final leadership candidates on July 25, and TalkTV held the second on July 26.

The first leadership debate featuring all of the candidates aired on Channel 4 on July 15, and was hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Another aired on July 17, hosted by newscaster Julie Etchingham.

What time will the TV debate be shown?

The Sky News head-to-head is scheduled for 8pm on Thursday, August 4.

What happened in the first TV debate?

In a head-to-head debate dominated by economic issues, the Foreign Secretary claimed Mr Sunak’s warnings that her plan would fuel inflation and send interest rates soaring were “scaremongering” and “Project Fear”.

But Mr Sunak, the former chancellor, went on the attack as he declared Ms Truss’s promise to borrow to fund tax cuts was neither “moral” nor “conservative”.

A snap poll by Opinium found Ms Truss was judged by Tory voters to have performed better in the debate, while Mr Sunak won narrowly with all voters.

What happened in the second debate?

The debate was cut short after TalkTV presenter Kate McCann fainted around halfway through the hour-long programme.

In the debate in Stoke-on-Trent, Ms Truss accused Mr Sunak of endangering Britain's economy with plans that could push the country into a recession, comparing him to Gordon Brown.

The former chancellor hit back, saying the Foreign Secretary’s plans would drive up interest rates and “tip millions of people into misery”.

Mr Sunak and Ms Truss made further arguments on tax and had the most substantive discussion of the NHS to date.

Mr Sunak said he does rely on the NHS "as do all of us and I know it's people's priority". While Ms Truss said she was "committed to the extra money that was announced for the NHS".

It is understood that when Ms McCann fainted, Ms Truss dashed over to help her.

What happened in the first hustings?

During the first hustings event with Conservative members on July 28, Mr Sunak admitted he was the underdog in the leadership battle, but said he would fight for every vote.

He was confronted by one party member in the audience who told him many people believed he had been "treacherous" against Boris Johnson and had "stabbed him in the back".

Mr Sunak replied that resigning was the right thing to do – and that he would be able to bring the party together.

Mr Sunak originally appeared to say he wanted to bring grammar schools back in England. But his team later confirmed he only meant expanding existing selective schools.

Speaking at the same event in Leeds, Liz Truss said she would review inheritance tax as part of a general review of Britain’s tax system.

She said she wanted to ensure girls in schools had access to single-sex toilets.

Ms Truss described herself as a “freedom fighter” on Ukraine, telling Conservative Party members they could trust her to do all she can to ensure Vladimir Putin is defeated.

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