Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak makes pitch for party leadership, will tackle inflation

Britain's former finance minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his leadership campaign pitch on Tuesday, offering himself up as an "honest" prime minister who would balance the books, reduce the role of the state and grow the economy.

A frontrunner who received a further boost from two senior ministers, Sunak said he was the one candidate to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson to have a plan for the economy, saying he would tackle inflation before turning to tax cuts.

He was met by cheers from a crowd of Conservative lawmakers who were backing him, and received endorsements from Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and Transport Minister Grant Shapps, who said he had abandoned his own bid for the leadership.

He also addressed his former support for Johnson, saying he would not allow people to rewrite the prime minister's role in politics by demonizing him and that he would not engage in some of the hostile briefings that have marked the campaign so far.

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