Kemi Badenoch has been knocked out of the Tory leadership contest after receiving the fewest votes from Conservative MPs in the latest round.
The field of candidates to replace Boris Johnson and become the next prime minister is now Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss.The candidates are being eliminated round-by-round until just two remain, when party members will choose the winner.
In a statement, the Tory leadership hopeful said: "This afternoon colleagues once again put their trust in me and I cannot thank them enough. We are so nearly across the finish line. I am raring to go and excited to put my case to members across the country and win. "I want to pay tribute to my friend Kemi Badenoch who electrified the leadership contest with her fresh thinking and bold policies," she said.
Earlier Ms Truss pledged to get defence spending up to 3% of gross domestic product by the end of the decade if she becomes prime minister.Ms Truss said: "We live in an increasingly dangerous world where the threat level is higher than a decade ago, and we need a stronger deterrent to face down those threats and ensure Britain leads on the global stage.
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