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Tory leadership candidate is praised as an earnest workaholic, but critics say politically he has a glass jaw and is naive

This week Sajid Javid played another political blinder. He was the first to offer his resignation from Boris Johnson’s government, tipping Rishi Sunak into action, which in turn caused a resignation stampede. It is the former Chancellor who has taken the main brunt of accusations of disloyalty, but it was…

Tory hopefuls face questions from party members and are interviewed by Kay Burley as interest rates go up sharply

Mr Javid announced he was backing Liz Truss on Wednesday

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak are doing battle in a string of hustings for Conservative Party members in the for the Tory crown

Polls suggest former chancellor is trailing his rival Liz Truss

New polls suggest Liz Truss has a commanding lead over rival Rishi Sunak

Ms Truss, who is the favourite to succeed Boris Johnson, dismissed Labour's Mark Drakeford as a "low energy Jeremy Corbyn" and told the party faithful: "I will crack down on his negativity."

Backing of former health secretary comes as new poll finds Rishi Sunak is trailing by 32 points in leadership contest