Cleverly or Tugendhat would make best PM, poll on Tory leadership candidates shows

Conservative MPs' ratings trail behind Starmer's as second round of voting for contest to come on Tuesday

Voters believe James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat are the Conservative leadership candidates most likely to make a good prime minister, although both are still trailing behind Keir Starmer, polling has shown as another crunch week in the campaign begins.

A series of party sources have predicted that Cleverly, the shadow home secretary, could pick up support among MPs in Tuesday's second round of voting, when the five remaining candidates will be whittled down to four.