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Economy eclipses other issues in UK Conservative contest

FILE - Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Liz Truss, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate. But not all those issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. One of them will be elected Sept. 5 to replace the scandal-tarnished Boris Johnson, as Britain's next prime minister. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) FILE - A driver looks at the petrol pump at a petrol station in London, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate. Not all issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. With Britain facing its tightest cost-of-living squeeze for decades amid soaring energy prices and 9.4% inflation, the economy has unsurprisingly dominated the contest — and it’s here where the two candidates differ most. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) FILE - British Conservative Party Member of Parliament Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate. But not all those issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File) FILE - British Conservative Party member Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate. But not all those issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File) FILE - Anti-Brexit protesters sing to music standing on a traffic island across the street from the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Not all those issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. Now that Britain has left the European Union, both are keen champions of Brexit. One of them will be elected Sept. 5 to replace the scandal-tarnished Boris Johnson, who stepped down as party leader this month. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. One of them will be elected Sept. 5 to replace the scandal-tarnished Johnson, who stepped down as party leader this month. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - Liz Truss, with Rishi Sunak, not shown, takes part in the BBC Conservative Party leadership debate in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Monday, July 25, 2022. Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China and a changing climate. But not all those issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Truss and former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. (Jacob King/Pool via AP, File) FILE - Liz Truss, right, and Rishi Sunak take part in the BBC Conservative Party leadership debate in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Monday July 25, 2022. Britain’s next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: galloping inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China and a changing climate. But not all those issues are getting equal attention as Foreign Secretary Truss and former Treasury chief Sunak vie for the votes of about 180,000 Conservative Party members. (Jacob King/Pool via AP, File)