The former UK Prime Minister today announced he will stay in his place until his successor is appointed later this year.
With Rishi Sunak stepping down as Conservative Party leader following his party's drubbing in the General Election, talk has already turned to who could replace him.
Ms Braverman, his former home secretary, hasn't wasted any time to show she is ready to launch a leadership bid during her speech after winning the Fareham and Waterlooville seat.Senior Tory figures - including a record number of Cabinet ministers - lost their seats in an election bloodbath Mr Sunak is already being blamed for the Tory collapse and is already facing the wrath of senior Conservatives, many of whom slammed his decision to call a July election.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who lost his seat, was amongst those who blamed the ousting of Boris Johnson for the party's electoral drubbing while James Cleverly appeared to take aim at the Tory's Rwanda policy, saying his party had pursued 'thin solutions to challenging and complex problems'. Whoever takes over as Tory leader faces the momentous task of rebuilding the party after one of its worst ever defeats. Here are the key contenders to watch, with odds provided by Ladbrokes -Outgoing Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch is seen as a frontrunner among right-leaning factions and has left the door open to a tilt at the top job by saying 'we will talk about leadership things after an election'.
She became an MP in 2010 and served in cabinet positions under Theresa May and Boris Johnson, as international development secretary and home secretary respectively. An article in The Times had suggested he would not go for the top job due to his wife's health but other reports indicate he could be persuaded to run.
The MP for Newark resigned as a minister last December as he claimed the then draft legislation designed to revive the Rwanda deportation policy did 'not go far enough'. After surviving a scare to secure his seat in the Commons, Mr Hunt said: 'Some Conservatives will wonder whether the scale of our crushing defeat was really justified.
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