Thus, he was the tenth candidate to enlist in the battle for the job, reports BBC.

The party’s 1922 committee will set a new leadership election schedule on Monday.

Truss announced his candidacy in Daily Telegraph and he told newspapers he would cut taxes “from day one” if he was elected prime minister.

– I’m running as a candidate because I lead, deliver, and make tough decisions. “I have a clear vision of where we need to be, and the experience and determination needed to get there,” said Truss.

Central theme tax

He also signaled that he would join his rivals in cutting corporate taxes, reversing increased National Insurance contributions and reforming corporate taxation.

Several candidates have registered over the weekend, and many of them made tax policy a central theme in their presentations. However, questions have arisen about how the candidates will pay for their tax pledges, writes the BBC.

Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, a former health secretary, and commerce secretary Penny Mordaunt announced Saturday night that they were standing.

Experienced politician

Truss flew home early from a G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia, last week after Johnson announced his retirement as prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party.

The 46-year-old foreign minister has served in three Conservative governments since he was elected to Parliament in 2010.

She was environment minister in David Cameron’s government from July 2014 to June 2016, and she was justice minister in Theresa May’s government from July 2016 to June 2017, before being appointed foreign secretary by Boris Johnson last year.

Truss grew up in Leeds in northern England and worked for ten years in the energy and telecommunications sectors before entering politics, according to the AFP news agency.

Candidate number 11

Conservative politician Rehman Chishti announced late on Sunday that he too had jumped into the race to become British Prime Minister. Thus, he is the 11th candidate, report Sky News.

So far, the list of candidates consists of the following names:

* Secretary of State Liz Truss

* Former Secretary of State Kemi Badenoch

* Government Attorney Suella Braverman,

* Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

* Former Health Minister Sajid Javid

* Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt

* Minister of Transportation Grant Shapps

* Former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak

* Member of Parliament and so-called backbencher Tom Tugendhat

* Minister of Finance Nadhim Zahawi

* Member of Parliament Rehman Chishti