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Britain's Liz Truss expected to be named Conservative leader, new PM

After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive party leadership contest that pitted Truss against Rishi Sunak, Monday's announcement will trigger the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson

Final countdown begins for contenders Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss in UK PM race

The final countdown in the over six-week-long gruelling campaign for the governing Conservative Party to elect a new leader who will succeed ousted Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister is now underway, with the winner between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to be declared on Monday. The winner of the contest will be announced on Monday at 12:30 BST (17:00 IST) by Sir Graham Brady -- chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs and returning officer of the leadership election. If elected, 42-year-old Sunak will go on to make history as the first Prime Minister of the UK of Indian heritage -- whose Indian grandmother migrated to Britain over 60 years ago from East Africa. The son of a doctor father and pharmacist mother, who is married to Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's daughter Akshata Murty, had shared his personal journey as he launched his leadership bid back in early July. Sixty years after my Naniji boarded a plane in East Africa, on a warm sunny evening in October, her

UK PM race in final countdown for Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss; result on Monday

The race to replace Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and the British Prime Minister is in a final countdown stage on Friday, when voting officially closes for Tory members to choose between former Chancellor Rishi Sunak or Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. Sunak, 42, and Truss, 47, have gone head-to-head in a dozen hustings up and down the UK over the past month to win over the votes of an estimated 160,000 Tory electorate. While the British Indian former minister has pegged his campaign on getting a grip on soaring inflation as an immediate priority, the foreign minister has pledged tax cuts from day one in office. Overall, it is how they plan to tackle the cost-of-living crisis faced by the British public that has dominated the debates even as the duo addressed their final hustings in London on Wednesday night, where they reiterated many of their pledges. I have put restoring trust at the heart of the campaign, said Sunak, in response to a question about integrity and ...

Rishi Sunak pledges to work 'night and day' as UK PM race enters finale

Rishi Sunak pledged to work "night and day" for the best country in the world as the election campaign to take over from Boris Johnson as the Conservative Party leader and the new British Prime Minister entered its final stage on Wednesday, with the very last hustings event set for London. Sunak reiterated his vision statement as the first British Indian to run for the top job at 10 Downing Street ahead of the final campaign event scheduled at a popular concert venue in Wembley on Wednesday evening. The former Chancellor will go head-to-head with his rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for one last time as they fight it out for any remaining Tory members yet to cast their ballots before voting closes on Friday evening. The 42-year-old former finance minister, who has focussed his campaign message on the urgency of getting a grip on inflation and countered 47-year-old Truss' claims that tax cuts are the answer to address the cost-of-living crisis crippling the UK economy, made a ...

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak camp accuses Liz Truss of avoiding scrutiny

With just days to go before the polls close on Friday in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister, former Chancellor Rishi Sunak's camp accused rival Liz Truss of avoiding scrutiny on Tuesday. Foreign Secretary Truss, who is the current frontrunner according to pre-poll surveys and bookie's odds, was due to face tough questions from veteran BBC political journalist Nick Robinson in a one-on-one interview already done by Sunak earlier this month. But the Cabinet minister pulled out of the interview hours before it was to air on Tuesday evening, with her team saying she could no longer spare the time. "Liz Truss has cancelled her BBC One interview with Nick Robinson which was due to air this Tuesday evening (30th August) at 7pm. Ms Truss' team say she can no longer spare the time to appear on Our Next Prime Minister', the BBC said in a statement. "The other candidate for the Conservative leadership, Rishi Sunak, was interviewed by Nick

Liz Truss cancels key interview saying she couldn't 'spare the time'

Liz Truss, the frontrunner in the race to be the UK's next Prime Minister, has pulled out of a key interview which was due to air as she could "no longer spare the time"

Rishi Sunak attempts to catch up with Liz Truss at Birmingham husting

As the result of the UK Prime Minister race nears, Rishi Sunak made his last bit of efforts to salvage the contest for the Conservative party leadership that most surveys favour Liz Truss to win

Want to change UK-India relationship, make it 'more two-way': Rishi Sunak

Britain's prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. During a campaign hustings event hosted by the Conservative Friends of India (CFIN) diaspora organisation in north London on Monday evening, the former Chancellor greeted the largely British Indian gathering with a mix of traditional greetings such as namaste, salaam, khem cho, and kidda. He even broke into Hindi: Aap sab mere parivar ho (you all are my family)." We know the UK-India relationship is important. We represent the living bridge between our two countries, he said, in response to a question about bilateral ties from CFIN co-chair Reena Ranger. We are all very aware of the opportunity for the UK to sell things and do things in India, but actually we need to look at that relationship differently because there is an enormous amount that we here in the UK can learn from India,"

Liz Truss in commanding lead over Rishi Sunak in UK PM race: Survey

The UK prime ministerial race frontrunner, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, continues to hold on to a commanding 22-point lead over former Chancellor Rishi Sunak

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak says he'd rather lose than win on a false promise

Rishi Sunak has insisted that he would rather lose the Conservative Party leadership race to replace Boris Johnson than win on a false promise on how he plans to tackle the economic crisis

US-based Indian organisation endorses Rishi Sunak for the UK PM race

A US-based Indian organisation that caters to the interests of the Hindu-American community on Monday endorsed former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak to become Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak wins over voters in TV debate against Truss

Rishi Sunak convincingly won over an audience of Conservative Party members in a head-to-head television debate with rival Liz Truss in the leadership contest to elect British prime minister

48 vs 43: Race to 10 Downing Street now closer than thought, poll says

Liz Truss is backed by 48% of Conservatives compared with former FM Sunak's 43%, according to a new poll; voting delayed after hacking alert

Liz Truss gets 34-point lead in latest opinion poll of Conservative members

Truss and Sunak will face the Tory faithful Wednesday night amid strong signs that the party has already made up its mind who it wants to become its next leader and prime minister, Daily Mail reported

Rishi Sunak closing gap on rival Liz Truss in UK PM race, shows survey

It is in sharp contrast to a YouGov survey carried out at the end of the knockout stages last month, which suggested that Truss had a 24-point lead over the 42-year-old British Indian former minister.

British PM race: Rishi Sunak vows 20% cut to UK income tax in a few race

As the voting process for the new Party leader formally opened from Monday, Rishi Sunak vowed to cut the basic rate of income tax by 20 per cent in a few years if elected to power

UK PM: Racism not a factor in Tory membership's decision, says Sunak

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak dismissed factors such as gender or ethnicity would play a part in Tory members' postal ballots from next week.

Johnson loyalist retweets 'dangerous' image of Rishi Sunak, gets criticised

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries re-posted a tweet on her social media account showing an image of Johnson dressed as Roman leader Julius Caesar and Sunak stabbing him in the back

Blow to Rishi Sunak's campaign as ex-candidate backs rival Truss for UK PM

Rishi Sunak's campaign to be elected the Conservative Party leader and the next British Prime Minister suffered a blow on Saturday as a former candidate endorsed his rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss

Liz Truss leads with 90% chance over Sunak in race for next UK PM: Survey

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is been rated to have a 90 per cent shot over former chancellor Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson in the race for becoming the next Prime Minister