UK

Truss replacement: Sunak, Johnson and Mordaunt attract early backing for new UK PM as Tory leadership race begins

Cabinet members Ben Wallace and Jacob Rees-Mogg back former PM Boris Johnson

Would-be candidates include cabinet member Penny Mordaunt; former prime minister Boris Johnson; former chancellor Rishi Sunak and recently resigned former home secretary Suella Braverman
Potential candidates to become UK prime minister include cabinet member Penny Mordaunt, former prime minister Boris Johnson, former chancellor Rishi Sunak and recently resigned home secretary Suella Braverman
Léonie Chao-Fong
Helen Sullivan
Fri Oct 21 2022 - 14:27 • 4 MIN READ

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