Lizz Truss and Rishi Sunak are the two Conservative Party candidates who will face each other for the Prime Ministership of the United Kingdom. That report British media Wednesday. Because the summer recess of the British House of Commons started on Wednesday, the party will only choose the new prime minister of the country on 5 September.
Truss is now Secretary of State. She is the face of British aid to Ukraine, but is also known as a lightweight. She has been building her public profile in recent months, helped by the war in Ukraine. She has been in the House of Commons since 2010.
Until recently, Rishi Sunak was the Minister of Finance. He was born in the UK, his parents are Indians and he is proud of that. His election would mean the UK will have a prime minister with a migration background for the first time.
Boris Johnson stepped down as leader of the Conservative Party in early July after a series of scandals. He will step down as prime minister as soon as his successor is known. Johnson’s resignation was inevitable after dozens of members of his cabinet withdrew their confidence in him, including Sunak.
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