London: Four more candidates have joined the increasingly crowded Conservative camp struggling to succeed Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister, as the committee overseeing the contest seeks to speed up the process of reducing numbers.
The so-called 1922 Conservative Party Legislators Committee will set the exact rules and timing of the contest next week, after Johnson was forced to resign by his own party. Many conservatives are pushing for a quick process.
Conservative MPs vying for leadership include Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove, Nadhim Zahawi, Steve Baker, Suella Braverman, Ben Wallace, Liz Truss, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt. Credit: Getty Images
On Saturday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi and former ministers Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid became the last Conservative MPs to officially declare that they were running for leadership, bringing the total to eight, with at least two more. he is expected to join the race.
The Mail on Sunday said Foreign Secretary Liz Truss would launch her campaign on Monday with the promise of tax cuts and tackling the cost of living crisis, while one of her main rivals for the role , Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace was ruled out.
Several other candidates also promised tax cuts, putting them at odds with bookmaker favorite, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, whose budget last year put the UK on track to to its largest tax burden since the 1950s.
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“My goal is simple: to offer the opportunities that were offered to my generation, to all Britons, whoever they are and wherever they come from. To stabilize the ship and stabilize the economy,” Sky News said. citing Zahawi, who was appointed finance minister by Johnson on Tuesday following Sunak’s resignation.
Shapps told The Sunday Times that he ruled out holding national elections if he was successful, but that he would produce an emergency budget in its first 100 days that would reduce taxes on the most vulnerable and provide state support to companies with high levels of consumption. energy.
Hunt, a former foreign secretary and health minister who lost to Johnson in the 2019 leadership race, and Javid, a former finance minister, both said as leaders that they would reduce corporate tax to 15 per cent.