Kemi Badenoch’s stunning PM bid ends and sets up crunch showdown for second place between Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss
This morning she continued her lovebombing of Tory colleagues by vowing to hike defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP.The pair clashed in the last debate on Sunday when the former Chancellor accused the Foreign Secretary of pushing "socialist" policies.
The jockeying will continue tonight as the final three candidates make their pitches to the northern caucus of Tory MPs. "We can’t rule out a deal between the Labour Party and the Scottish Nationalists at the next General Election so it’s important that we confront this threat early."Key pitch: No tax cuts until inflation under controlwhile rivals go gung-ho on tax cuts.
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