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Rishi Sunak to visit Kent in campaign for Conservative leadership

By: Chris Hunter chunter@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 20:36, 27 July 2022

Updated: 20:45, 27 July 2022

Conservative Leadership Candidate Rishi Sunak MP is set to visit Kent on Friday.

Party members have been invited to listen to him make his case to be their next leader, when Sunak visits Tunbridge Wells during the afternoon.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are going head-to-head for the Tory leadership

Ticket holders have been invited to attend between 12.30pm and 2pm at a location yet to be confirmed.

Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab, who has backed Sunak in the race for the Tory leadership, will also visit Kent on the same day, with party members invited to meet him at Petham near Canterbury on Friday morning.

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He will then move on to Rochester, where members are invited at 12.30pm.

Bookmakers still have Sunak's rival Liz Truss as favourite, with indications suggesting she has the larger backing among party members.

The pair are touring the UK before Tory members vote for their next leader, with the result being announced on September 5.

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