Jeremy Hunt

2022 - 10 - 20

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Won't Stand for Conservative Leader (Bloomberg)

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt ruled out standing for the leadership of the Conservative Party after Prime Minister Liz Truss said she'd step ...

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Finance minister Hunt will not stand in UK leadership contest - local ... (Reuters)

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls.

[The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html) LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt will not stand in the Conservative Party leadership contest to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss, multiple media outlets including the BBC reported on Thursday.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will not run to be the next prime minister (Yahoo Singapore News)

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has already ruled out standing for the leadership of the Conservative Party after prime minister Liz Truss steps down.

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Jeremy Hunt rules himself out of running to be new PM (Telegraph.co.uk)

Jeremy Hunt has ruled himself out of the forthcoming Conservative leadership contest after Liz Truss's resignation. Mr Hunt ran for No 10 in 2019 and again ...

Sir Roger Gale, the veteran Tory MP for North Thanet, urged the next prime minister to "allow Jeremy Hunt who, as Chancellor, will not be standing for the leadership, to continue the vital work that he is doing on behalf of the country". [after the majority of last month's mini-Budget was reversed.](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/10/17/everything-jeremy-hunt-has-thrown-mini-budget/) Instead, Mr Hunt is expected to focus on the Medium-Term Fiscal Plan, scheduled for October 31, where he will unveil a range of "difficult decisions"

Jeremy Hunt 'will not' stand for Tory leader after Truss resignation (Alton Herald)

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt 'will not' stand as Tory leader in the wake of prime minister Liz Truss' resignation on Thursday, according to the BBC.

We need a general election - now.” But she added: “I recognise... As prime minister for just 45 days, Liz Truss was the briefest serving PM in UK history, and blamed not being able to deliver her vision for a “low tax high growth economy” as the reason for her resignation.

Jeremy Hunt would make a better PM candidate, Rishi Sunak could ... (Economic Times)

Legally we cannot have an election till 2024. There is something called Fixed Term Parliament Act which was passed during the coalition government 2010-2015 ...

I think they will want to get over this little crisis and reassure the markets. Right now it is not open to the prime minister to call an election. So the best thing is to have another prime minister who would take the party to the election deadline as it were. Maybe Rishi will come back as the chancellor and that is quite possible because they are friends but I think what will happen is that Jeremy Hunt would most probably become the new prime minister. The opposition can propose it and then if the government agrees that could be changed but right now the Conservative Party does not want an election. [Sensex](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/indices/sensex_30_companies)and [Nifty](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/indices/nifty_50_companies)Track [latest market news](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks), [stock tips](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/recos)and [expert advice](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view)on [ETMarkets](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets). Now I think we need a change. I think basically she made a mistake of going too far too soon with the policy. Luckily he has already shown that the markets are happy with him being at the top,” says Lord [Megnad Desai](/topic/megnad-desai), Economist. I had said in print in London that if she plans to do what she intends to do, the pound will collapse and the pound did collapse. So he will not continue to be the chancellor. Legally we cannot have an election till 2024.