Race to Replace Johnson Intensifies as Truss Announces Bid
- Foreign secretary is latest top minister to launch campaign
- First round of voting in leadership contest likely this week
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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss entered the race to replace Boris Johnson as UK premier, the latest cabinet minister to make her move in an already fractious contest.
Truss made tax cuts the heart of her campaign, vowing to reverse a payroll tax hike that was introduced by former chancellor Rishi Sunak and pledging to make corporation tax “competitive.”