Rishi Sunak's PM hopes boosted as Shapps pulls out of race
THE BATTLE to be Britain's next PM cranked up a gear today as Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss both bagged big Cabinet backers.
The pair are ultra-Boris loyalists and standard bearers for the party's right-wing Brexiteer faction. Wannabe PMs are scrambling to get the 20 nominations needed Conservative to get on the ballot before the 6pm deadline.Mr Sunak insisted Dominic Cummings will have nothing to do with his campaignKemi Badenoch launched her leadership bid on an "honesty" platformPenny Mordaunt also bolstered her campaign and boasts the second most backers
in a dramatic twist, Penny Mordaunt topped a poll by ConservativeHome of party members - with one in five backing the Trade Minister.
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