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Former chancellor Rishi Sunak is battling with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to become the next prime minister.

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding

Tory leadership election ballots arrive from Monday - and Rishi Sunak has been battling to make up ground after Liz Truss pulled ahead in the race to be next Prime Minister

The former chancellor’s supporters seized on a poll of Tory councillors showing him as neck-and-neck with Ms Truss.

Liz Truss says she is 'absolutely delighted' that her former Tory leadership rival Tom Tugendhat has endorsed her campaign.Tugendhat, who described Truss as being “founded on true Conservative principles” came out in support of her vision for “a growth economy.” The Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee also praised Truss’s…

Ex-Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis was the latest to throw his weight behind Ms Truss.

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding

Tory members will receive their ballot papers from Monday to decide who they want as leader