Six contenders for the post of the head of the government made it to the second round of the elections
In Great Britain, the fight for the post of Prime Minister. Six applicants entered the second round of the race, led by the former finance minister, 42-year-old Rishi Sunak. This is reported by The Guardian.
Former Minister of Finance Rishi Sunak, ex-Minister of Defense Penny Mordont, Minister of Foreign Affairs Liz Truss, ex-Deputy Minister for Women Kemi will continue to fight for the prime minister's seat. Badenoch, the head of the chamber's international committee Tom Tugendhat and the Attorney General of England and Wales Suella Braverman.
Rishi Sunak became the leader of the first round with 88 votes. In second place is Penny Mordont with 67 votes. Rounding out the top three leaders is Liz Truss, who has 50 votes.
Rishi Sunak worked as finance minister in Boris Johnson's government, but resigned on July 5 because he expected from the government “correct, competent and serious work”, and he did not consider Johnson's work to be such.
Let us remind you that at the beginning of July officials of the British government began to resign en masse due to disagreement on continuing to work under the leadership of Boris Johnson. Then Johnson resigned, and the Conservative Party must choose his successor by September 5.
