Brian Keegan: Tax policies at centre of UK prime minister election

The usual political mantra is that all politics is local, this time however, all politics is fiscal

Candidates for the leadership of Britain's Conservative Party Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in a live TV debate. Picture: Jonathan Hordle/ITV

The competition to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the British Conservative Party rightly attracts considerable attention on this side of the Irish Sea.

When An Taoiseach describes Anglo Irish relations as potentially at an historic low point, that is a real worry for Irish business as the UK is a significant trading partner.