LONDON (Archyde.com) – Foreign Secretary Truss, who is reportedly leading the Conservative party leadership race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pledged on Wednesday to reform the pay system for public sector workers just a day earlier. forced to withdraw. The opposition Labor Party has criticized the move as it would force nurses, teachers and police officers in rural areas to cut their wages, and some Conservatives have also criticized the move.
It was the first big blunder in the election campaign for Foreign Minister Truss, who had widened his lead while former Finance Minister Sunak, who had a lot of support from Conservative MPs, struggled to gather support from party members.
Mr. Truss has pledged to replace the current national wage pact with regional pay commissions that reflect the cost of living in each region in a bid to cut spending significantly. However, two days later, he announced that he could no longer proceed with the concept. Sunak’s campaign said the plan would cut the salaries of millions of nurses, police officers and soldiers by £1,500 ($1,830) a year.
A Conservative lawmaker who backs Truss said on Wednesday that Truss’ failure was an avoidable mistake and that her miscalculation would hurt the campaign, but not the loss. Indicated.
A survey of Conservative Party members conducted July 19-27 by Italian data firm Techne found that 48% favored Truss, while 43% supported Sunak. On the other hand, in a survey commissioned by the British newspaper YouGov from July 29 to August 2, 60% said Truss and 26% said Sunak, compared to the same survey conducted on July 20-21. difference opened. However, just before the latest YouGov survey was released, the Daily Mirror, a British morning newspaper believed to have a large Conservative readership, published an editorial in support of Truss despite the debacle.