Sajid Javid endorses Liz Truss in fresh blow to Rishi Sunak’s campaign

Conservative MP says Truss is best placed to reunite the party' and new approach on economy is needed

Sajid Javid has endorsed Liz Truss in a damaging blow for Rishi Sunak's campaign, warning that Sunak's economic prescription would mean sleepwalking into a high-tax, low-growth" economy.

In a difficult day for Sunak, the leadership hopeful doubled down on his warnings over inflation and mounted a fresh attack on Truss's plans for immediate tax cuts, saying any prime minister who fuelled inflation would be handing the next election to Labour.