The former chancellor is certain to reach the final stage of the election, when members of the Conservative Party will decide on Britain’s next prime minister. But the contest between Truss and Mordaunt is extremely fierce. Truss, the foreign secretary, had been in third place behind Mordaud, the commerce secretary, in the previous four rounds of voting. However, in yesterday’s vote Truss narrowed the margin to six MPs and is increasingly confident of Mordaunt’s overhaul this afternoon. The pair are locked in a bidding war to support Kemi Badenoch’s 59 supporters after she was banned
