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Tory leadership hopefuls battle to replace Sunak to head gutted party
Outgoing Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a speech in Downing Street, London, following his party's landslide defeat to the Labour Party in the 2024 General Election, July 5, 2024
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PROSPECTIVE Tory leaders are set to battle for control of the gutted party after its monumental defeat in the general election last week.
The Conservatives ended up with just 121 seats on Friday — the worst result in the party’s history.
In his final speech outside Downing Street on Friday, former prime minister Rishi Sunak announced that he will stand down as soon as the arrangements to choose his successor have been put in place.
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