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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 13 July 2022 - Sunak gains key backers
Description: The race to be Conservative Party Leader has got under way in earnest, with eight candidates passing the first test of gaining the support of at least twenty Members of Parliament.
The two most significant fallers at the first hurdle were Transport Secretary Grant Schapps and one of the two Cabinet Ministers who are seen as the instigators of Boris Johnson’s position becoming untenable, Sajid Javid.
The leaders in the race are former Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, and current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. Schapps and current Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab have declared their support for Sunak while Leader of th...