Tory leadership race: Liz Truss's backing grows as contest tightens

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss's chances of becoming the next Tory leader have been boosted after she was endorsed by eliminated contender Suella Braverman.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak came first in the latest round of voting, with Penny Mordaunt second and Ms Truss third.

Ms Braverman then endorsed Ms Truss as the party's right-wing seeks to rally around a single candidate.

Former Brexit Minister Lord Frost is now urging one of the other contenders, Kemi Badenoch, to step down.

Lord Frost gave the foreign secretary his endorsement ahead of the first of three televised debates between the candidates.

And writing in the Daily Telegraph, he suggested former equalities minister Ms Badenoch should pull out of the race "in return for a serious job in a Truss administration".

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