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Liz Truss set to replace Boris Johnson as UK`s next Prime Minister

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: August 01, 2022 4:12 PM

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is leading the race to replace Boris Johnson as UK’s next Prime Minister by ...

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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is leading the race to replace Boris Johnson as UK’s next Prime Minister by 90 per cent, according to a latest survey by betting exchange firm Smarkets.According to Smarkets, the chances of Liz Truss becoming the next permanent member of the Conservative Party after Johnson are 90.91 per cent whereas Rishi Sunak’s chance of becoming the next UK PM has shrunk by 9.09 per cent.Both contenders have to undergo bouts of 12 nationwide events and the first bout took place in Leeds, Northern England as the members elect a new leader. 

Truss is leading in surveys of Tory members after vowing immediate tax cuts as Britain confronts a slump in living standards.Sunak in his speech, after Truss announced immediate tax cuts, said, “In the face of challenges, understand to get a grip of inflation and borrowing first,” adding that the government has already tried having low corporation tax to get businesses to invest and it hasn’t worked.His support shrunk as his party members believed that Sunak has stabbed Boris Johnson in the back.Tory members who back Truss and want her to build the cabinet include Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson. On the other hand, Tory members who support Sunak include Tom Tugendhat, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt, according to the latest YouGov survey.Notably, Truss and Sunak who are fighting for the UK Prime Minister post have gone head-to-head in a debate in their first official grilling in the presence of conservative party members in Leeds on Thursday. Former Chancellor Sunak faced a tough evening during the hustings for his lifestyle and dishonesty towards PM Boris Johnson whereas Truss had a fairly good time as she was backed by maximum support for the Prime Ministerial candidature.

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