Rishi Sunak Leads Tory Race, With Liz Truss Closing In on Penny Mordaunt

  • Former chancellor has won every ballot of Conservative MPs
  • Badenoch exits, with her supporters key to who makes final two

(L-R) Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak. 

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Trade minister Penny Mordaunt and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will battle for a place in the final runoff alongside Rishi Sunak in the contest to be Conservative leader and the UK’s next prime minister.