Tory leadership candidates face off in ITV debate tonight ahead of next round of voting

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Five Conservative leadership hopefuls are set to face each other in the second live television debate on Sunday night ahead of another round of voting on Monday.Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt and Tom Tugendhat all made it through to the third round of voting.Tonight’s debate on ITV will see the five remaining candidates debate with each other on the issues dominating the campaign in response to questions put to them by host Julie Etchingham. READ MORE: Scotland in 'suspended animation' until indy vote Britain’s Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate will be broadcast live on Sunday 17 July at 7pm - on the eve of the next round of voting.The hour-long debate will take place at ITV’s White City studios, with all five candidates taking part.As well as broadcasting live on ITV, the debate will also be streamed live on the ITV Hub, as well as through the ITV News website, YouTube channel, Facebook and Twitter.The third round of voting by Conservative MPs takes place on Monday July 18.

The ballot on Monday and subsequent rounds on the following days will eliminate the contender with the fewest votes until only two remain – who will then go forward into a postal ballot of party members.On Tuesday there is s a third debate at 8pm on Sky News hosted by Kay Burley.By Thursday July 21 a succession of ballots should reduce the candidates down to two.From Friday July 22 onwards hustings are to take place around the country over the summer to help Conservative party members determine their choice for the new party leader and Prime Minister.READ NEXT: SNP government charters cruise ship to house Ukrainian refugees heading to Scotland Rishi Sunak claims Boris Johnson has 'good