Breaking News - This was the moment Rishi Sunak found out he was in the final two for Tory leadership with Liz Truss.
The Tories are braced for a brutal summer battle for No10 between arch-rivals Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss.
Britain will get its first British-Asian PM or its third Tory female leader after Penny Mordaunt was booted out of the leadership race by just eight votes.
Outgoing PM Boris Johnson declared that either Mr Sunak or Ms Truss would “wipe the floor” with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
It is now up to the 160,000 Conservative Party members to choose who it will be over the next seven weeks.
Delighted former Chancellor Mr Sunak retained the pole position he has maintained throughout when he cruised into the final two with 137 votes.
Foreign Secretary Ms Truss, now bookies’ favourite to be the UK’s 56th PM, secured 27 more votes to give her 113.
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