Attorney General Suella Braverman has been knocked out in the second round of voting for the leadership of the Conservative Party with Rishi Sunak opening up a lead on his rivals.
Rishi Sunak leads the field in the race to find a replacement for Boris Johnson, who resigned as Britain’s prime minister last week.
He got 101 votes on Thursday, ahead of trade minister Penny Mordaunt on 83 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on 64.
The former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch got 49 votes and backbencher Tom Tugendhat got 32 but they could come under pressure to drop out before Friday’s televised debate between the remaining leadership contenders….