Saturday 6 August 2022 07:16 AM Liz Truss is given yet another boost as 21 top Tories sign an open letter ... trends now
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Liz Truss called last night for the Conservative Party to 'unite' to take on Keir Starmer's Labour as 21 current and former Cabinet ministers issued a declaration of support for her.
The Foreign Secretary, firm favourite to succeed Boris Johnson, appeared to put pressure on her rival Rishi Sunak to stand down as she shared the open letter from some of her prominent backers, including Lord Frost, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Sir Iain Duncan Smith.
The signatories, which include ten sitting and 11 past Cabinet ministers, argued that only Miss Truss 'has what it takes' and would break from the 'tired economic managerialism of the past' in a thinly veiled swipe at the former chancellor.
The Foreign Secretary, firm favourite to succeed Boris Johnson, appeared to put pressure on her rival Rishi Sunak to stand down as she shared the open letter from
