RISHI Sunak has reportedly urged Sajid Javid to step aside and support his own leadership bid – as 14 more Tories are expected to enter the race. It’s understood the ex-Chancellor’…
At a press conference, he said: “If there’s a general election, this Government will fall and we’ve got a plan for the country.”MP for North East Derbyshire, Lee Rowley, said he was backing Kemi Badenoch.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is supported by Tory MPs Chloe Smith, Julian Knight and Jackie-Doyle Price. Commons Leader Mark Spencer, former Tory Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden, former chief whip Mark Harper, ex-ministers Liam Fox and Andrew Murrison, and MPs Sir Bob Neill and Paul Maynard are backing Rishi Sunak.
Nadhim Zahawi is supported by Tory peer and minister Lord Goldsmith, who said on Friday evening he "stands apart from most rivals".
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