UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock quits Tory leadership race

London: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Friday pulled out of the race for the country’s next Prime Minister, the media reported on Friday. It leaves favourite former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and five other politicians trailing behind him still in the contest, to succeed Theresa May at 10 Downing Street. In the first round of voting among Conservative MPs at Westminster, Hancock came 6th with 20 votes, much fewer than Johnson with a flyaway 114 votes.

Announcing his decision, Hancock, the youngest of the politicians to bid for the leadership, did not endorse any of the remaining six contenders, but instead told journalists that he was talking to all of them, Efe news reported. In an interview in London, Hancock said: “We stand at a defining moment in our country’s history and we need to deliver Brexit and then we need to cast forward and bring the country together. That’s the goal.” Johnson was given a boost on Friday when he won backing from one of Britain’s biggest and best known business tycoons, multimillionaire Lord Alan Sugar.

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