Rishi Sunak

London– UK's former Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Wednesday emerged the top contender in the race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, ...

In a letter posted on Twitter, he wrote that he will continue to work leading the Treasury with “total focus” and thanked the supporters of his campaign. Team Sunak said: “He’s landed a quarter of the party’s votes with eight candidates in the field.” London– UK’s former Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Wednesday emerged the top contender in the race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, picking up nearly a quarter of votes in the first round of the leadership contest.

Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the first round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister.

The new leader will then be chosen from those two by the 200,000 Conservative party members in the country at large, and be announced on Sept. 5. His would-be successors have stressed how they would offer integrity and trustworthiness in contrast, but face questions of their own, such as why they backed Johnson for so long. Britain's economy is facing rocketing inflation, high debt, and low growth, leaving people grappling with the tightest squeeze on their finances in decades. She had a huge lead over Sunak, who fared badly against almost all his rivals, and is now the bookmakers' favorite. They join three other contenders who dropped out the day before. Former finance minister Rishi Sunak won the biggest backing from Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday in the first vote to choose who will succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister, while two more rivals were eliminated.

Penny Mordaunt, a former Defence Secretary, came second with 67 votes. Third was Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary, securing 50 votes. Attorney General Suella ...

The result will be announced on September 5. There is another round of voting on Thursday and the field is expected to be narrowed to two by the end of next week, according to the BBC. Third was Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary, securing 50 votes.

Sunak, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-in-law, told the BBC he feels great about the result of the first round of voting.

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UK News: Former finance minister Rishi Sunak enters a second round of voting on Thursday in the Conservative Party leadership election to determine the next ...

He has used that as a pitch for the Conservative values of “hard work and fairness” that he hopes will connect with the party membership. “And now hopefully if I'm fortunate enough as Prime Minister, and that's because I believe I'm the best person to lead us through the challenges we face, do that in an honest and responsible way. The policy that we've put in place gives us the ability to do so,” he said. “I want to cut taxes and I will deliver tax cuts, but we will do that in a measured way. And I'm convinced that I'm the best person to beat (Labour leader) Keir Starmer and secure that election victory,” he said. “I will get taxes down in this Parliament, but I'm going to do so responsibly.

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party ...

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Former finance minister has been early frontronner in first two rounds of voting, ahead of Penny Mordaunt.

Britain’s economy is beset with spiralling inflation, high debt, and low growth that have left people grappling with the tightest squeeze on their finances in decades. She had a huge lead over Sunak, who fared badly against almost all his rivals, and she is now the bookmakers’ favourite. Mordaunt fended off criticism from former Brexit negotiator David Frost that she was insufficiently tough towards the EU. Subsequent ballots will eliminate the candidate with the fewest votes each time, to whittle the field down to a final two by July 21. I am ready to be prime minister from day one,” Truss said. Together we can restore trust, rebuild our economy and reunite the country.”

There are now five candidates left in the Tory leadership contest after Suella Braverman, the Indian-origin Attorney General in the fray, was knocked off ...

It is believed that Braverman’s votes are likely to be divided between her and Mordaunt. A former Brexit minister, Lord David Frost, also expressed his doubts over her ability as a former minister in his team. Together we can restore trust, rebuild our economy and reunite the country,” he said.

Former chancellor endures tricky interview as Liz Truss seeks to make up ground before second round of Tory leadership voting.

And the only way to really do that sustainably over time is to ensure that the Conservatives win the next general election. And I’m convinced that I’m the best person to beat Keir Starmer.” With two Tory leadership hopefuls knocked out of the race for not securing enough votes, Sunak, Truss and Mordaunt, as well as the remaining three candidates, are scrambling to hoover up their backers.