The UK’s Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both sought to win the support of rural party members on Friday as they race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Next week, ballots will arrive at the doorsteps of grassroots Conservative Party members, who are widely expected to cast their ballots early instead of waiting until the Sept. 2 deadline.
Both writing in the Countryside Alliance’s magazine on Friday, Truss cited her experience as the environment, food, and rural affairs secretary, saying she had “championed” British “towns, villages, and hamlets” for two years.
The foreign secretary said if she becomes the prime minister, she will scrap government-imposed “top-down housing targets” and give planning powers back to the locals so they can “grow organically and meet local needs.”…