Labour pushes for ‘last opportunity to get Boris Johnson out of Downing Street before end of parliament’
Nominations for the election open and close on Tuesday, with candidates to replace Johnson as Tory leader requiring the support of 20 MPs to make it on to the ballot – a hurdle the 11 candidates who hope to stand may struggle to reach. Those that make it will then need at least 30 votes to get past the first round – the contest will be whittled down to two by Thursday.
Sunak will say there needs to be a “return to traditional Conservative economic values – and that means honesty and responsibility, not fairy tales”. Sunak will argue he has already had to make difficult choices. Sunak is facing stiff opposition from Johnson loyalists, with the Brexit opportunities minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg, describing him as the “much-lamented socialist chancellor”.
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