Kemi Badenoch has become the latest Conservative Party MP to enter the leadership race to replace Rishi Sunak.
The shadow housing secretary pledged to tell voters the truth as she launched her bid to become leader.
It comes as former home secretary Suella Braverman announced she had pulled out of the race because the “traumatised” party was refusing to acknowledge the truth about why they lost the general election.
Ms Braverman said she had secured the backing of the 10 MPs required to get her over the threshold to enter the race.
But she said she had opted not to try for the leadership of the party after being “vilified” for her views on why they suffered such a drastic loss in the 4 July general election.
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