- Badenoch ran an insurgent campaign during the recent Tory leadership contest and came fourth overall.
- Liz Truss energised the FTA ambitions and I was privileged to work with her when she was Trade Secretary and be asked by her to return to @tradegovuk,” he said, referring to the trade department.
- Asked specifically by the BBC whether he’d like to see benefits rise in line with inflation, Buckland replied: “Every Conservative government that I've been part of has maintained the safety net, and I'm sure this one will do the same."
- Truss downplayed the interventions Tuesday afternoon, telling Times Radio she was “focused on delivering and the cabinet is also fully focused on that too.”
- But the important point is that we're all unified behind the growth plan and behind what we have to do to get this country back on track.”