Centrist Conservatives refuse to back Badenoch or Jenrick
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6RCCT)
Tory Reform Group declines to endorse either leadership candidate amid fears lurch to the right could split party
The main Conservative centrist group will not endorse Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick in the Tory leadership race amid concern the party risks splitting in a lurch to the right.
In a strongly worded statement, the Tory Reform Group (TRG), seen as the main forum for one-nation Conservatives, condemned Badenoch and Jenrick for having used rhetoric and focused on issues which are far and away from the party at its best".
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