The competition for a background for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intensified on Sunday as nine Conservative MPs launched their campaign to succeed him, with the number expected to reach 15, and several candidates vowing to cut taxes and make a clean start different from Johnson's scandal-ridden presidency.
Secretary of State for International Trade Penny Mordaunt, 49, was the last to announce his candidacy today.
Former ministers Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid announced their candidacy on Saturday evening, and stressed the tax cut projects, in a sign of distancing themselves from the line of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, who wants to wait for fiscal consolidation before considering a similar project in the United Kingdom, which is facing uncontrolled inflation. Unprecedented 40 years ago.
Javid said in his statements today, "Without tax cuts, we will not see growth." Finance Minister Rishi Sunak after 9 minutes, but confirmed that they did not coordinate to make this move.
Sunak is hugely popular due to the multiple economic support measures deployed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, but has been weakened for some time by revelations that his wealthy wife has resorted to a tax system that benefits her.
He appears to have made a comeback and has the support of many MPs, yet Sunak risks the wrath of Johnson's camp, who is suspected of treason, as he apparently did not notify the prime minister before he left the government.
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For his part, former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt - who finished second in the race for the premiership in 2019 - said that no member of the Conservative Party should raise taxes or provide unfunded tax cuts.
When asked if tax cuts would lead to inflation, Hunt said, "I don't agree with that view when it comes to corporate taxes."
"If you stimulate consumer demand in the event of some demand-driven inflation, this is a risk, but we have to reduce inflation, for this reason I will be very careful not to pledge (tax) cuts that will increase inflation," he added.
As for candidate Nadim al-Zahawi - who previously led the British vaccination program against Covid-19 when he was minister of state, before he moved last week from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Finance - the newspapers revealed a tax investigation targeting him at the start of his election campaign, but he confirmed that all his interests The financial statements have been duly declared.
Other contenders that have much lower chances of success are Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Tugendhat, the attorney general responsible for providing legal advice to the government, Suila Braverman, and former Secretary of State for Equality Kimi Badnock.
The party is still waiting for Secretary of State Liz Truss to enter the race, while her colleague in the Ministry of Defense, Ben Wallace, announced on Saturday that he will not run, while the party expects the number of candidates to reach about 15 candidates.
The Conservative Party's 1922 lawmakers' committee that sets the rules for the party in Parliament will determine the timetable for the competition after a meeting on Monday.
The head of the committee responsible for the party's internal organization said today that he was "confident that the two finalists will be known by July 20."
Despite the tight timetable, the goal is to ensure that a final vote - open only to Conservative Party members - will identify the winner by the beginning of September.
This competition for the presidency of the Conservative Party, and thus the presidency of the next government, portends a hot summer that will bring a lot of controversy and quarrels.