The race to replace Boris Johnson as leader of Britain’s Conservative Party and become Prime Minister heated up when the two candidates - former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss - made their pitches on live television.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss said they are backing the government’s controversial policy of sending refugees to Rwanda.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain's next prime minister.

The former British chancellor Rishi Sunak has emerged as the frontrunner after the third voting round for the Tory leadership, with backbencher Tom Tugendhat being knocked out of the cut-throat race.

Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has won the first round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as the next Conservative leader and prime minister.

As the race for the leadership of the UK ruling Conservative Party heats up the fight for who will become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom turns ugly as contenders show their true colours.

Many potential contenders have jumped on the bandwagon to replace Boris Johnson as the new British premier and leader of the ruling Conservative party.

Boris Johnson government in the UK is on the verge of collapse amid a blitzkrieg of resignations of key ministers, withering reception to the embattled premier in the parliament and public declarations of no-confidence in his leadership.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to face a confidence vote in his leadership of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday over the Partygate scandal.

Soaring inflation across the UK has caused “acute distress” to Britons, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has said, stressing that the Bank of England must take “decisive action” to get prices back under control.