Liz Truss Gets Another Major Boost in Leadership Bid From Sajid Javid

Liz Truss Gets Another Major Boost in Leadership Bid From Sajid Javid
Undated file photo of Health Secretary Sajid Javid. Oli Scarff/PA Media
Lily Zhou
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Liz Truss on Thursday got another major boost to her campaign to become the UK’s next prime minister after Sajid Javid declared his support.

It’s a significant blow to Truss’s opponent Rishi Sunak, who was the chief secretary to the Treasury when Javid was the chancellor. Sunak succeeded Javid when he resigned as the chancellor in 2020 and described his former boss as his “mentor.”

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