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

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LONDON - Ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak, the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, kicked off his campaign on Tuesday promising"honesty", in a increasingly testy and divisive battle to

LONDON - Ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak, the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, kicked off his campaign on Tuesday promising"honesty", in a increasingly testy and divisive battle to succeed Mr Boris Johnson.

The field will be then be quickly whittled down a final two, with Conservative Party members making the final decision. As the contest heated up, rival campaigns stepped up private criticism of each other and pointed to either financial or other questions hanging over their opponents. "Whilst that may be politically inconvenient for me, it is also the truth. As is the fact that once we've gripped inflation, I will get the tax burden down," he said."It is a question of when, not if."

British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab at an event to launch ex-finance minister Rishi Sunak's campaign to succeed Mr Boris Johnson. PHOTO: REUTERS

 

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