Truss tipped to prevail as UK leadership race nears end

LONDON, 30 August 2022, (TON): The race to become Britain’s next prime minister is in its final week, with Liz Truss appeared poised to secure the top job, along with daunting challenges.

Foreign Secretary Truss, 47, has consistently outrun 42-year-old former finance minister Rishi Sunak by wide margins in polls of Conservative party members who will decide the contest, which started in early July.

An estimated 200,000 Tory grassroots have been able to vote since earlier this month for their preferred candidate, before postal and online ballots close.

The winner will be announced next Monday and replaces outgoing leader Boris Johnson in Downing Street the following day only to face immediate crises over the spiralling cost of living.

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