UK leadership favorite Truss stumbles over plan to slash pay


              Rishi Sunak, center, attends an event in Exeter, south west England, Monday Aug. 1, 2022. Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss are running to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader. The winner will be chosen by Conservative Party members across the country, and polls of party members give Truss the edge. (Peter Nicholls/PA via AP)
            
              Rishi Sunak speaks at an event at Exeter University, Exeter, south west England, Monday Aug. 1, 2022. Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss are running to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader. The winner will be chosen by Conservative Party members across the country, and polls of party members give Truss the edge. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
            
              Liz Truss speaks at an event at Exeter University, Exeter, south west England, Monday Aug. 1, 2022. Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss are running to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader. The winner will be chosen by Conservative Party members across the country, and polls of party members give Truss the edge. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
            
              Rishi Sunak at an event at Exeter University, Exeter, south west England, Monday Aug. 1, 2022. Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss are running to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader. The winner will be chosen by Conservative Party members across the country, and polls of party members give Truss the edge. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
            
              Liz Truss visits Twelve Oaks Farm in Newton Abbot, south west England, Monday Aug. 1, 2022. Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss are running to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader. The winner will be chosen by Conservative Party members across the country, and polls of party members give Truss the edge. (Finnbarr Webster/PA via AP)
UK leadership favorite Truss stumbles over plan to slash pay