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We're now wrapping up our coverage of today's Conservative leadership hustings in Northern Ireland.
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As a reminder, here are some of the points the two candidates touched upon:
- Both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pledged to fix the issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol - the post-Brexit deal aimed at preventing a hard border in Ireland - and support the government's bill to override parts of the arrangement
- Truss described Northern Ireland as a "key part of our fantastic union"
- She also said that all UK laws needed to apply across the whole of the UK when asked about abortion legislation in Northern Ireland
- Sunak said tax cuts wouldn't help the most vulnerable people through the cost of living crisis
- The former chancellor also said he wouldn't pursue policies that could make inflation worse, like, he said, the extra borrowing suggested by Truss. He also said it would be a "moral failure" if they did not help the most vulnerable
We'll continue to cover the Truss-Sunak race for the party leadership. The latest polls suggest Liz Truss has a large lead over Sunak. There's more on on the next PM's challenges in Northern Ireland here, and a guide to the candidates' policies here.
The next hustings are in Manchester on 19 August.
The team behind the live page was made up of Alex Therrien, Heather Sharp, Laura Gozzi, Dulcie Lee, James FitzGerald, Chas Geiger, Luke Sproule, Chris Andrews, Mike Hirst, as well as Jayne McCormack and Grainne Connolly in Belfast and political correspondent David Cornock.
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