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Ex-finance minister Sunak launches bids to be UK PM as rival backs him

Ex-finance minister Sunak launches bids to be UK PM as rival backs him

ELIZABETH PIPER and KYLIE MACLELLAN EX-FINANCE minister Rishi Sunak, the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, kicked off his campaign promising "honesty", in an increasingly testy and divisive battle to succeed Boris Johnson. An initial 11 candidates put their names forward to become the leader of the governing Conservative Party and Britain's next premier after Johnson was forced to say he would step down when support drained from him over a series of scandals. Only those who get nominations from 20 of their 358 Conservative colleagues in parliament on Tuesday will go forward to the first vote on Wednesday.…
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