[Ticker] Sunak vs Truss in race to replace Johnson as UK PM

EU Reporter

The internal Conservative race to replace Boris Johnson as party leader and thus British prime minister has been narrowed down to two final candidates — former finance minister Rishi Sunak, and current foreign secretary, Liz Truss. The pair will now spend the summer campaigning to win the votes of the party’s approximate 140,00-200,000 members, with a result due to be announced on 5 September. Johnson remains PM until then.