Lord Frost has urged Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch to step aside for Liz Truss
It came as the paper reported the 60-strong ERG was told by its chairman Mark Francois on Thursday night to vote for Ms Truss in the next ballot.
Mr Francois said the ERG agreed Suella Braverman and Liz Truss "stood out" among all other candidates and said they would rally behind whichever one of the two lasted the longest.She, too, has since announced her support for Ms Truss.Ms Badenoch told LBC she was disappointed at Ms Braverman's decision on Thursday night, saying: "Suella and I are friends, I'm friends with Tom Tugendhat as well, Rishi and Liz were my senior ministers, so it's all very close to home.
"We're all friends, so every time someone supports one person there's another person that's been let down.Picture: AlamyRishi Sunak came out top - as he did after the first vote on Wednesday - with 101 votes.Ms Braverman, the current Attorney General, received just 27 votes.
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