Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has formally entered the race to become Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister, promising to fix the economy and unite the Tory party.
Sunak, who lost to Liz Truss in the last Tory leadership contest just six weeks ago, is making a renewed bid for the top job following Truss’s resignation as prime minister on Oct. 20.
He became the second candidate to enter the race after Penny Mordaunt. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not yet announced his bid, though his ally Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Jacob Rees-Mogg said he is “clearly” going to stand….