Truss the ‘big winner’ as Tory leadership candidates whittled down to three

Kemi Badenoch has been eliminated from the Conservative Party leadership race.

The Tory MP becomes the latest candidate to get knocked out after Tom Tugendhat went yesterday.

It leaves just three left in the race, with Rishi Sunak in pole position.

Most commentators believe Liz Truss has benefitted most from the latest round, picking up an extra 15 votes.

She is widely expected to absorb several additional endorsements from the Badenoch camp.

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.