Reality Check investigates some of the claims made in the BBC Tory leadership candidates' debate.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former chancellor Rishi Sunak held their first head-to-head debate as part of the race to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister.Liz Truss: 'There is already headroom of approximately £30bn in the budget'
After the spring statement in March, the Office for Budget Responsibility concluded that Mr Sunak's policies as chancellor had left about £30bn of fiscal headroom. However, over the last decade installation rates have fallen. The UK government's advisory body on climate change, the UKCCC,When Mr Sunak was Chancellor at the Treasury,the green homes grant scheme, which offered £10,000 to homes to help install insulation measures. But then it was scrapped less than a year later after achieving just 10% of its target.
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