, the battle to be the next leader remains unpredictable and increasingly fractious, exposing rifts in the ruling Conservative Party.among the 358 Conservative lawmakers, who will hold further votes this week to whittle down the field of contenders to a final two.
In a demonstration of how open the race is, a survey of party members for the Conservative Home website on Saturday suggested that former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch was now ahead of the others, with Truss in second and Mordaunt, currently the bookmakers' favourite, slipping to third. She retorted that her rival's tax increases, proposed while Sunak was still in charge at the Treasury, undermined business investment at a time when the economy was struggling."I've got enormous respect and admiration for all of my colleagues who are standing to be leader. And it's right that we have passionate debate about these issues," said Sunak, whose decision to quit the Treasury last week helped trigger a cascade of ministerial resignations that brought down Johnson.
Meanwhile Mordaunt, who like Tugendhat is a less well-known figure among the public at large, has attracted hostile attacks from rival camps over her experience and ability.
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