Nadhim Zahawi has pledged that if elected, he will cut taxes on households and businesses, increase defense spending and implement education reforms.
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Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nadhim Zahawi, announced his candidacy for Boris Johnson replaced as Conservative leader and Prime Ministershortly after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps did.
By communicating his ambitions to the media, Zahawi has promised that, if elected, it will cut taxes on households and businesses, increase defense spending and implement reforms in education
Zahawi, former education minister, was replaced last week Rishi Sunak after he resigned as chief of economics in protest at Johnson’s management.
“My goal is simple: to provide the opportunities my generation has been given to all Britons, whoever they are and wherever they come from,” added Zahawi, who is of Iraqi descent.
Shortly before that, the Secretary of State for Transport had announced his candidacy in the pages of the “Sunday Times”, declaring his intention, if he replaced Johnson, to run a emergency budget to combat inflation, including tax cuts and support for high-energy businesses.
In addition to Zahawi and Shapps, Sunak has communicated their ambitions; the chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat; Attorney General Suella Braverman and former Secretary of State for Equality Kemi Badenoch.
In the coming days, other “heavyweights” of the formation are expected to communicate their ambitions, including former health minister Sajid Javid; current Secretary of State, Liz Truss, and former Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt.
Another favorite, Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace, barred this Saturday from participating in these primaries, signaling on his Twitter account his focus on maintaining the country’s security.
Next Monday, the influential 1922 Committeewhich brings together conservative deputies without portfolios, choose your manager and will announce the calendar to choose the new leader.
Johnson was forced to resign after more than 50 members of his government resigned in protest at his management and the scandals of recent months, including the celebrations at the Downing Street residence during the pandemic.
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