Household names and lesser-known Tories are in the mix to be the next PM, from Kemi Badenoch to Nadhim Zahawi
Shapps’s focus has shifted from transport to his desire to rebuild the economy and tackle the country’s cost of living crisis.
Ruling out a general election, he said he would produce an emergency budget, instructing his chancellor to cut personal tax for the most vulnerable and giving state support to firms with high levels of energy consumption.In a not so subtle dig, the MP for Welwyn Hatfield has insisted he was always loyal to Johnson, nor had he spent years plotting against him. “Who is not flawed?” he asked, adding that he had never, not for a moment, doubted Johnson’s love of this country.
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