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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

UK PM race: Rivals Truss, Sunak grilled by Tory members in first clash

Truss said that she'd prefer not to impose further windfall taxes on oil, gas companies while Sunak put forward the idea of scrapping VAT on energy bills to revive UK's economy and control inflation

Rishi Sunak less unpopular with swing voters in UK PM race, survey finds

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has an edge over his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, in the race to be elected the next Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister among swing voters

UK PM race: Rishi Sunak promises a major crackdown on sex offenders

Rishi Sunak has vowed to hunt down and stamp out grooming gangs who prey on children and young women, and make their ringleaders subject to maximum life sentences as part of his campaign pledge

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss debate cancelled as presenter Kate McCann faints

The Tory leadership debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss was cancelled on Tuesday (local time) after presenter Kate McCann fainted and collapsed live on air

Rishi Sunak vows to cut VAT on energy to revive UK Tory leadership bid

Announcing a "winter plan" to address inflation and the cost of living, Sunak's campaign said he would introduce a "targeted, temporary and timely tax cut" by removing VAT on domestic energy bills

UK PM Election 2022: Voting, result date, top contenders, and other details

How does the UK elect its new prime minister? Check details here. Rishi Sunak, 42, an Indian-origin leader, has been leading the voting rounds so far

Rishi Sunak pledges to put UK on crisis footing' if elected as British PM

The 42-year-old former Chancellor told The Times' in an interview that a business-as-usual approach would not work in the face of the serious economic challenges facing the country.

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Tories shouldn't write off 'Trussonomics' yet

According to a recent YouGov poll, 62% of them want Truss for leader, giving her a colossal 24-point advantage over Sunak

Truss holds commanding lead over Sunak in race to be next UK PM: Survey

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has extended a commanding 28 lead over British-Indian ex-minister Rishi Sunak in the race to be the UK's next Prime Minister, according to the latest YouGov survey

Rishi Sunak's 'privileged' upbringing becomes UK media target in PM contest

Rishi Sunak's personal wealth as a perceived barrier in his path to connecting with the wider British electorate suffering from economic turmoil is in focus among sections of the UK media

LIVE news updates: EC issues certificate of election to Droupadi Murmu

Live news updates: The certificate will now be sent to the Union Home Secretary

Rishi Sunak's tax affairs back in spotlight in UK race to succeed Johnson

Sunak's tax arrangements were in the spotlight once again as he sought to position himself as the only candidate who could beat Labour leader Keir Starmer at the next general election

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

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak tops new UK PM vote as only 4 remain in race

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday topped the latest round of voting among the Conservative Party members of Parliament as the race to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister

Voters believe Rishi Sunak will make good PM, UK opinion poll finds

Almost half of the voters for the UK's governing Conservative Party believe Rishi Sunak will make a good Prime Minister, according to the results of a new opinion poll on Sunday. The Sunday Telegraph' reports that the JL Partners poll of more than 4,400 people found that 48 per cent of those who backed the Tories in the 2019 general election felt the British Indian former Chancellor would be a good Prime Minister. This is also the first poll that puts Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in second place, with 39 per cent backing her for Prime Minister and 33 per cent in favour of Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt. The survey comes as the race to elect Boris Johnson's successor as the next Conservative Party leader is narrowing down to these three main contenders, with former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch and Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Tom Tugendhat in fourth and fifth place, respectively. Among those who have heard of Mordaunt, the overwhelming view is one of neutrality, .

Battle on for second place to beat Rishi Sunak in British PM race

Sunak, who was the winner of the first two rounds of voting by Tory members of Parliament, will appear for a series of televised debates over the weekend with his remaining opponents

News updates: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Lanka's interim president

Live news updates: Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the acting president of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya