UK Conservative members decide on new prime minister
01 August 2022 |
1:51 pm
The UK's Conservative Party has sent ballot papers to members in a vote to determine who becomes Britain's new prime minister. Some 160,000 people will have a say on who succeeds Boris Johnson as Tory leader.
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