Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership bid as nominations set to close
Ms Badenoch and James Cleverly are among the six Tories who have put themselves forward in the race to replace Rishi Sunak.
Ms Badenoch and James Cleverly are among the six Tories who have put themselves forward in the race to replace Rishi Sunak.
She said the party "doesn't want to hear the truth" as to why it lost the election.
Nominations are due to open for the Conservative leadership as the party attempts to rebuild in opposition after its mauling in the general election.
"He's a fifth favourite in the bookies.. He's not even the leading candidate in his shadow home office team"
Nominations for the party’s leadership open on Wednesday.
He's been quoted as saying that the UK's current maternity leave policies are too "onerous"
It came after the former home secretary said the party could do better than being ‘a collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks’.
Sunak has been urged to stay on as leader until November to allow the party to "play it long" in choosing his successor.
The shadow foreign secretary argued the party should ‘play it long’ amid a split over the timeline of the contest to succeed Sunak.
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