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Race for UK leadership heats up, Rishi Sunak nearly certain to make top two

Conservative Party MPs will vote for a fourth time in the contest to elect Johnson's successor as party leader and UK prime minister, after the latest ballot left Rishi Sunak looking almost certain

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street on the day of the Spring Statement, in London (Photo: Reuters)
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He secured 115 votes -- up 14 on last week and just 5 short of the 120 he needs to clinch it.

Ellen Milligan | Bloomberg
The battle to succeed Boris Johnson is heating up, with Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch vying to join Rishi Sunak in the final run-off after a vote on Monday left the race for second wide open.
 
Conservative Party MPs will vote for a fourth time on Tuesday in the contest to elect Johnson’s successor as party leader and UK prime minister, after the latest ballot left Sunak looking almost certain to make the top two. He secured 115 votes -- up 14 on last week and just 5 short of the 120 he needs to clinch it.

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