Inside Politics: Truss in with a chance

The final three candidates for next Tory leader will be reduced to a final two today, Jon Stone writes

Conservative MPs will cast their votes in their party's leadership contest with the eventual winner expected to be announced on 5 September 2022 (Getty Images)

The race to become the next Tory leader is bubbling away, with just three candidates left in the field – how time flies. By the end of today that’ll become two.

Kemi Badenoch was the latest candidate to go in the final round yesterday, with Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss still left in the race. Badenoch’s transfers will device who goes through to the final two.

Inside the bubble