Our next Prime Minister: The candidates

<p><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-rishi-sunak-tory-conservative-leadership-race-boris-johnson-b1011500.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A total of eleven Conservative MPs have officially launched campaigns</a> to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.</p><br><p>In various campaign videos from the likes of Tom Tugendhat, Sajid Javid, Suella Braverman, and Rishi Sunak we have seen promises around tax cuts, delivering Brexit and tackling immigration.</p><br><p>On Monday Environment Secretary George Eustice said he expected the number of candidates to be whittled down to just two within a fortnight.</p><br><p>The Evening Standard’s <a href="https://twitter.com/DJBond6873" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deputy Political Editor David Bond</a> discusses his ‘top 5’ candidates; those most likely to become our new PM, and the most important policies during their campaigning.</p><br><p>Plus we speak with Tory MP <a href="https://twitter.com/IoWBobSeely" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">for the Isle of Wight Bob Seely</a> about his views on the candidates, who he believes are most likely to win, and what the conservative party is looking for in a new leader.</p><br><p><a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter</a> for more news - @EveningStandard </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>