All five remaining contenders vying to be the UK’s next prime minister will take part in the first televised debate on Friday on Channel 4,  the network has confirmed.
Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, and Tom Tugendhat are expected to stand toe to toe in three debates over the weekend, ahead of the third ballot scheduled on Monday to further narrow the field.
Sunak, the former Chancellor whose resignation helped trigger the collapse of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, remains the frontrunner after two rounds of eliminations, with 101 votes, 18 votes ahead of runner-up Penny Mordaunt—a much narrower lead than in the previous two leadership elections….