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Liz Truss 22 points ahead in race to be Britain's next PM -poll

FILE PHOTO - Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss speaks during a hustings event, part of the Conservative Party leadership campaign, in Darlington, Britain August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Scott Heppell

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is 22 percentage points ahead of her rival Rishi Sunak in the contest to become the country's next prime minister, a poll of Conservative Party members by Opinium Research showed on Saturday.

Among a sample of 450 party members who had decided how they would vote in the ongoing leadership election put Truss, who other polls have also shown to be the clear frontrunner, on 61%, with former finance minister Sunak on 39%, Opinium said.

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