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Rishi Sunak inches closure to PM seat, gets support of 185 MPs

London: Former With support of about 185 MPs, United Kingdom’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak may become the Prime Minister of Britain. Britain’s new PM will be sworn in on 28 October. According to media reports, Rishi Sunak has the support of about 185 MPs. At the same time, his rival Penny Mordaunt has the […]

London: Former With support of about 185 MPs, United Kingdom’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak may become the Prime Minister of Britain. Britain’s new PM will be sworn in on 28 October.

According to media reports, Rishi Sunak has the support of about 185 MPs. At the same time, his rival Penny Mordaunt has the support of only 25 lawmakers.

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According to the information, to become the PM, the support of 150 MPs is need from the total of 357 MPs in the parliament.

Earlier on Sunday, Sunak issued a statement on Sunday saying that “I stand to be the leader of the Conservative Party and to be your next Prime Minister.” In a statement released to the media, he said that the UK is a great country but we are facing a deep economic crisis.

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He further said that the election our party will now decide whether the next generation of British people will have more opportunities than the last. That’s why I stand to be your next Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party.

Boris Johnson withdrew

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was being looked as one of the possible candidate to replace Liz Truss after she resigned as the PM of Britain. On Saturday, Boris Johnson withdrew his name from the race of the UK’s Prime Minister.

Liz Truss defeated Rishi Sunak

Last month, then British Foreign Minister Liz Truss replaced Boris Johnson as prime minister by defeating former Indian-origin finance minister Rishi Sunak in a contest for the Conservative Party leadership. Then Truss got 57.4 percent and Sunak got 42.6 percent of the votes.

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