Mr Sunak begins to name his top team after wielding the axe to predecessor Liz Truss’s cabinet

The former prime minister cut short a family holiday in the Dominican Republic as the race to replace Liz Truss gathered momentum.

Crispin Blunt, Andrew Bridgen and Jamie Wallis have all said that that the Tories cannot carry on with Liz Truss as leader.

Tory rebellion Grant Shapps insisted on Monday that he did now no longer need Liz Truss to be toppled as Prime Minister after the humiliating U-flip over the pinnacle price of tax.

The influential figure in the Tory party said using borrowing to pay for tax cuts is ‘not Conservative’.

The Prime Minister said she had not laid the ground properly for the plan.