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Report: UK Interior Minister to Back Johnson for PM

Reuters

   BritishInterior Minister SajidJavid will soon formally endorse Boris
   Johnson tobe thenext leader of the Conservative Party and thecountry's
   nextprime minister, the Sunday Times reported.

   Johnson is the front-runner in a contest with Foreign Minister Jeremy
   Hunt to be the next leader. Voting is due toclose on July 22, with the
   winner set to be announced thefollowing day.

   Johnson has pledged to leave the European Union withorwithout a deal on
   Oct. 31 if he becomes primeminister, whileHunt has said that he would,
   ifabsolutely necessary, go for ano-deal Brexit.

   The Sunday Times said Javid has positioned himself to beJohnson's
   finance minister, taking over from current Finance Minister Philip
   Hammond.

   It reported that in a speech on Tuesday, Javid will say:"Trust in our
   democracy will be at stake if we don't make Oct.31 a 'deal or no deal'
   deadline. To prepare that, we are agreedon the need for ramped-up
   no-deal preparations, including abudget."

   The newspaper also said that Johnson would visit the UnitedStates
   before the end of September to meet PresidentDonaldTrump.

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