UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps announces his claims to the post of leader of the Conservative Party and the position of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Shapps said this in an interview with The Sunday Times, according to DW..

The politician said that if he wins, he will reduce taxes for the most vulnerable segments of the population and provide state support to firms with a high level of energy consumption..

" This must end. We must become a government of strategists, sober in their analysis, not chasing the next headline."

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Four more politicians have previously confirmed their readiness to join the fight - in particular, the former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak. Tom Tugendhat, head of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Sue-Ellen Braverman, Attorney General for England and Wales, and Kemi Baidnock, Member of the House of Commons of the British Parliament, also announced their intention to nominate candidates..

Earlier it became known that the most likely successor to Boris Johnson - Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace - decided to withdraw from the race.. "

On July 7, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation..

Johnson said he was sorry to leave his post, which he considers " However, there are no indispensable in politics, he said.. At the same time, Johnson promised that he would continue to support Ukraine, which is defending itself from a full-scale Russian military invasion..

Johnson announces he is stepping down as chairman of the ruling Conservative Party. At the same time, he said that he would continue to act as prime minister until the election of a new head of government, which will be held in October..