Ms Truss remains the bookies’ favorite to become the next Conservative leader and prime minister. The leadership campaign is dominated by the UK’s spiraling cost of living crisis, with Ms Truss and Mr Sunak competing to offer the best policy solution. Our chart, which is updated every hour, shows a sum of odds collected from various bookmakers, tracking the odds of candidates to win the competition in real time. Candidate Odds The last chance of winning for each candidate, according to the bookies The two contenders face one more match before September 5, when the winner will be announced. Voting is in progress. The next arrivals will take place on August 31 in London. In just over a week, a new prime minister will enter Downing Street – and it looks increasingly likely to be Mrs Truss. But it’s quite the in-tray that awaits whoever succeeds Boris Johnson in No 10.
