We reported earlier on a row about who wrote what in the book Britannia Unchained, published in 2012 (front cover below).

Now Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has hit back at Liz Truss - after she denied writing that British workers were "among the worst idlers in the world".

Truss said Raab had written the section in question. But speaking from the spin room in Stoke, Raab, who's backing Rishi Sunak, tells Newsnight Truss is "ducking responsibility".

He says all five authors took "collective responsibility" for the book - and all agreed it would be immoral to pass on burdens of debt to future generations.

You can read the BBC's original story on the book here.

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During the debate, Rishi Sunak claimed that economist Patrick Minford - who's backed Liz Truss's tax-cutting plans - says they would push interest rates up to 7%.

Sunak said this would cost mortgage payers across the country thousands of pounds a year.

But Minford has now insisted he never said interest rates of 7% would be OK - that was at the top of his projections - and in fact he believed that rates would peak at 3% or 4% under the Truss programme.

The key quote from the original Minford interview in the Times is here: , external“There is an impact on demand [from tax cuts] which is desirable as it supports the economy and it allows monetary policy to do its battering with a clean conscience.

“Hopefully out of this we’ll get to a more healthy economy with interest running at 3, 5, 7%,” he said, adding that “3 [%] as the new normal wouldn’t be too bad”.

Were they nice to each other? The short answer is no. Within minutes, the two candidates were at loggerheads - and once again it got very heated, with multiple interruptions.

The main battle was over the economy and tax, which caused the most explosive moments of the debate.

The UK's relationship with China became a big feature of the debate.

Both of the candidates argued about their positions on Brexit, as Sunak attacked Truss over previously supporting the Remain campaign. She called a criticism by him over her economic plans as "project fear".

But both were broadly in agreement in their view of Boris Johnson, with Liz Truss giving the PM a 7/10 for his time in office, while Sunak said the PM deserved 10/10 for delivering Brexit.

You can read more from us on the five key takeaways here.

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We reported earlier on the opinions of some of our voter panel. They told us what they thought of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss before the rivals went head to head - so let's hear where they're at now.

Chloe Ahmed, 33, from Chelmsford in Essex, was backing Sunak going into the debate - that hasn't changed. Overall, Truss performed better than in previous televised debates, the long-time Tory member said, but Sunak "commanded the stage".

She also thinks remarks over the pair's clothing and Boris Johnson got too much air-time. She adds: "Rishi has the policies and popularity. Liz is a great politician but for me, not the next prime minister."

Vikas Hathi, 46, from north-west London, went the other way. He was firmly behind Truss beforehand but is now on the fence, saying neither candidate impressed him or convinced him they could get the UK out of the cost of living crisis.

"Whoever wins, they need to win back public trust - and after [watching] that, I don't feel confident either can do it," the former Tory member said.

Daphne Quinn, 60, from Barrow in Cumbria, was leaning towards Sunak before the debate but hadn't made a decision yet. Now the Tory member is all for the former chancellor taking office - saying he has the "better" policies.

On Sunak speaking over Truss, she says, "they all do it".

That's what three of our panel thought - but the snap polling we've seen so far suggests Conservative voters think Liz Truss performed better.

For those who missed it, the leadership hopefuls were asked about why they quit - or didn't quit - Boris Johnson's cabinet. Here's what they said:

We earlier told you the Lib Dems had issued a short response to the debate: "Eurgh."

Now there's a more considered response from party leader Ed Davey, who feels some important topics weren't covered...

Ione Wells
Political Correspondent, BBC News

We reported earlier on the snap poll of "regular voters" - Sunak won very narrowly, by 39% to 38%.

Here are some more lines from the Opinium polling - and it suggests Conservative voters thought Truss performed better, by 47% vs 38%. Sunak won among Labour voters - see below.

Truss's camp are happy with this, and are pushing the line that this is despite Sunak interrupting her "22 times in the first 12 minutes. 9 times throughout the rest".

Sunak's supporters, though, claim that the "gap is closing nicely".

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Reality Check

Right at the end of the debate, when asked whether Brexit was to blame for travel chaos at Dover, both candidates answered "No".

But Brexit is one of the factors involved.

When the UK was in the EU, there was much less need for rigorous checks there for those entering France because UK citizens could travel freely around the EU.

This ended with Brexit and now French officials at Dover have to stamp and check passports.

This can take up to a minute per person - according to travel expert Simon Calder - rather than a few seconds (under the old system). Other factors that have contributed to the disruption include an initial shortage in French border staff at Dover on Friday.

Read more here.

We've had Lib Dems' one-word response. Now here's the more considered response from Labour, who say neither candidate "offers working people anything except more of the same".

Labour's national campaign co-ordinator Shabana Mahmood says this amounts to "low growth, high taxes, frozen wages, and longer waiting times" for the NHS.

Meanwhile, their press office have been playing a tongue-in-cheek game of bingo with the candidates' answers.

Among their apparent transgressions, are "shaking the magic money tree" and "defending Boris Johnson's lies"...

The BBC has just received a response from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservative leadership debate, and it seems like they're unimpressed...

"Eurgh," is the one-word response.

As we've been reporting, Sunak and Truss's supporters are coming out to support their candidates.

In a sharp criticism of Liz Truss' economic plans, Dominic Raab argues that it is "isn’t moral to ask our children to pick up today’s debt".

The deputy PM says: "We need to get the NHS backlogs down and help our NHS workers so it is right and responsible to make sure the NHS is properly funded."

Meanwhile, former chief whip Mark Harper has taken issue with the digs at Sunak's wealth and success.

"His parents worked hard and gave him the best possible start they could," he says - adding: "Sneering at hard work is deeply un-Conservative."

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Ione Wells
Political Correspondent, at the debate venue

For all the talk of wanting the "blue-on-blue" attacks to subside - this debate showed they haven’t gone away.

Liz Truss’s campaign accused Rishi Sunak this evening of not letting her get a word in edgeways, and Rishi Sunak continued to slam Liz Truss’s tax cut plans for not being economically sound.

Sources close to Sunak said he had “won the argument” on the economy. Behind the scenes, Truss’s camp feel positive too - claiming that while she stayed calm Sunak was “flustered".

Debates about their backgrounds haven’t gone away either. Both are keen to distance themselves from any suggestion they had certain privileges.

Truss pointed to her comprehensive school education but distanced herself slightly from the outright attacks on Sunak’s clothing and education from some of her supporters.

The spectre of Boris Johnson also lingers - Sunak replied immediately to whether he would have Johnson in his government: "No." He did then go on to give him a 10/10 for some of his achievements though. Truss also said no but stressed it would be unlikely Johnson would want to serve.

But the key battleground here is still their tax plans. Cutting taxes now (Truss) versus once inflation down (Sunak) remains the biggest dividing line.

It’s going to be a long summer, and what’s going to define it? It’s the economy, stupid.

We heard earlier that one of Liz Truss's supporters accused Rishi Sunak of "mansplaining".

But Sunak supporter Richard Holden, the MP for North West Durham, dismisses that - saying what we witnessed was merely a "clash of ideas".

The head-to-head saw a "passionate debate between two-first-rate Conservative politicians," he tells Colin Murray on BBC Radio 5 Live.

George Bowden
Reporting from the debate

I've just caught up with two audience members we heard from before the debate. The key question: have they changed their minds?

The answer: not quite. But it's the detail that's interesting.

Krystian Belicki, who is an trainee NHS mental health therapist, says he felt Rishi Sunak was the strongest performer - the analogy of paying for tax cuts with the country's credit card stuck in his mind.

"He was compelling," Krystian says. "He came to the audience to say hello beforehand, he didn't just walk in."

He says that while Liz Truss had "good arguments", Sunak appeared to have more experience.

Brendan Turner was open minded before the debate - and felt very slightly less so afterwards.

Rishi Sunak was the "smoother" performer, he says, and Liz Truss "struggled to hold her own". He notes that Sunak talked over his rival.

How would that go down in Brendan's house, I ask.

"It could be seen as confident or rude," he says diplomatically.

As we just reported, Rishi Sunak's debating style came in for criticism from Nadine Dorries.

And now another Liz Truss supporter, the Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey, has accused him of "mansplaining".

Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, she claims Sunak spoke over Truss at various moments.

But the debate "ended on a good note", she accepts.

Here's some reaction from one of Liz Truss's supporters, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.

Dorries became part of tonight's debate, when the candidates were asked about her tweet contrasting Liz Truss's inexpensive earrings with Rishi Sunak's costly shoes and suits.

But even before that came up, Dorries was redoubling her assault on Sunak on Twitter, objecting sharply to him interrupting Truss in the debate on the economy.

"He's irritable, aggressive, bad tempered," she wrote.

So much for an end to the blue-on-blue attacks...

Missed the debate or just want a recap? Here are some of the key moments in just two minutes.

It's not for us to say, but one pollster has just come back with what some "regular voters" think.

And the people Opinium polled think it was very close indeed.

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Here's a roundup of the key points made by Tory leadership rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.

Tax cuts

• The candidates had their first big disagreement on - you guessed it - taxes, involving lots of back and forth about their economic plans
• Sunak argued long-term solutions were needed to cure the UK's cost of living crisis
• Truss, on the other hand said she'd act immediately - reversing April's national insurance increase of 1.25p in the pound and introducing a "temporary moratorium" on the green levy on energy bills

Neither candidate would have Boris Johnson in their cabinet

• After trying hard to avoid the question - and praising her current boss - Truss said she imagined Johnson would have some kind of "vocal role" but not one in the government
• Sunak said simply he wouldn't have Johnson in his cabinet, adding it's time to "look to the future"

Tone of the campaign brought into question

• Referring to a question about Nadine Dorries' tweet today - contrasting Truss's "thrifty" earrings with Rishi Sunak's expensive shoes and suits - Sunak said he didn't grow up with money and he did well because of his immigrant parents' hard work and sacrifices
• Truss declined to disown Dorries' comments - and complimented Sunak's "fine dress sense" - but said she had no issue with other people's clothes and is campaigning in a positive way

Levelling up in the 'red wall'

• The audience tonight was made up of people who voted Conservative in a so-called red wall seat in 2019, and so they were keen to know what levelling up meant for them locally
• Truss said people want “urgent action” and to get “spades in the ground”. She pushed her “low tax investment zones” and vowed to reduce planning restrictions

Unity over Ukraine sanctions

• Asked if she would be willing to deploy the Royal Navy to the Black Sea to protect grain shipments coming out of Ukraine, Truss said she is not prepared for UK to become directly involved in the conflict
• Asked the same question, Sunak said similar - and that the West has "put together some of the strongest economic standards the world has ever seen". He also made a point of noting that both he and Truss worked on the sweeping sanctions regime project together

Jibe about Truss's Brexit record

• Truss accused Sunak of fearmongering over his warning that inflation and then interest rates would soar if she were PM
• But he responded by saying "only one of us was on the Leave campaign". He said he supported the Leave campaign as a matter of principle

• Truss has said she's changed her mind, and is committed to making Brexit a success

Environmental pledges discussed

• Sunak highlighted energy efficiency at home, recycling and inventions as the three things that are needed to fight the climate crisis
• Truss referred to herself as a "thrifty" person, referring to being resourceful, and said using less is needed to help the environment

What do the candidates think of each other?

• Sophie Raworth finished by asking of Truss and Sunak what the other needed to do to become better as PM
• She said her colleague needed to "take more risks and be bolder". Sunak refused to answer and said "there is far more that unites us than divides us"