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Bloomberg
The battle to succeed Boris Johnson is heating up, with Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch vying to join Rishi Sunak in the final run-off after a vote on Monday left the race for second wide open.
Conservative Party MPs were expected to vote for a fourth time on Tuesday in the contest to elect Johnson’s successor as party leader and UK prime minister, after the latest ballot left Sunak looking almost certain to make the top two. He secured 115 votes —up 14 on last week and just 5 short of the 120 he needs to clinch it. Less certain is the battle for second. Mordaunt, the former defence secretary, remained second on 82 votes.