Sajid Javid, Former UK Health Secretary Drops Out of Conservative Party Leadership Race; Eight Candidates Remain in Fray
Sajid Javid has dropped out Of Tory leadership race as election has now been reduced to eight candidates.
Sajid Javid, the former UK health secretary whose resignation triggered the flood of departures that brought Boris Johnson down has quit the race to be the next conservative party leader and UK Prime Minister moments before the nomination closed. With Sajid dropping out eight contenders- Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Jeremy Hunt, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat and Nadhim Zahawi remain in fray.
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Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid withdraws from contest to be next Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister https://t.co/jdKsMLFGxy
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