We take a look at Tory ministers jostling for top job with ratings out of 10 on chances of success
Photograph: John Sibley/Reuterssent his popularity plummeting. Sunak had built a public profile due to his press conferences explaining the Covid support schemes, winning him credit for swift action to keep families and businesses afloat. But more recently, he has been criticised for slowness to help people in the cost of living crisis and gaffes that suggest he is out of touch, such as flaunting expensive personal items and building a swimming pool at his Yorkshire mansion.
Javid, like Sunak, would have been a stronger contender were it not for recent revelations about his tax affairs, after he admitted to having been. The former banker is now health secretary, having been chancellor, culture secretary, business secretary and communities secretary. He, too, has come from a humble background as the son of a bus driver and has talked interestingly in the past about how public speaking comes less easily to him than some of his privately educated colleagues..
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