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Tory leadership contest comes to Bray

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BRAY: Tory leadership hopefuls Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were in the Royal Borough last week in their battle to become the UK’s next Prime Minister.

The pair have been on the campaign trail in recent weeks after becoming the final two candidates for the Number 10 top job after Boris Johnson’s resignatio­n was announced last month.

The leadership candidates were at Bray Studios in Water Oakley Lane on Saturday to meet members of the Windsor and Maidenhead

Conservati­ves, including cabinet members sitting on the Royal Borough’s Tory-run council.

Sunak and Truss faced questions from an audience and set out their proposed policies should they become Prime Minister.

Cabinet member for health, councillor Stuart Carroll (Con, Boyn Hill) said on Twitter that the day was ‘a fantastic leadership event at the amazing Bray Studios’.

“Great to ask questions [and] hear from both candidates,” he tweeted on

the social media platform.

The Conservati­ve Party’s 1922 Committee is set to announce the winner of the leadership contest on Monday, September 5.

Tory members including Maidenhead MP Theresa May will be voting for their new leader, with the next General Election not due to take place until 2024.

Removal vans were spotted outside Downing Street this week, with PM Johnson said to be only spending a few days at Number 10 during his final few weeks.

 ?? ?? Cllr Stuart Carroll with Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss at Bray Studios last week. Photo from Twitter @MrStuartCa­rroll
Cllr Stuart Carroll with Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss at Bray Studios last week. Photo from Twitter @MrStuartCa­rroll

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