Truss campaign bounces back after embarrassing U-turn

Liz Truss bounced back after an embarrassing U-turn for revitalize her Tory leadership campaign with a key endorsement and a string of polls that show her well ahead of her rival.

A new survey by influential website ConservativeHome puts the Foreign Secretary 32 points ahead of Rishi Sunak in the battle for Downing Street.

Essentially, she was carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, as Ms Truss was forced to scrap plans to cut public sector wages outside London in the face of a revolt by Tory MPs.

The result is similar to a YouGov poll of party members, which found a 34-point gap in favor of Ms Truss.

She also won support from the former Chancellor Sajid Javid, who warned that his friend Mr Sunak's economic plans would lead Britain to 'doze in a high-tax, low-growth economy'.

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Both quit within an hour apart last month, triggering a string of resignations that eventually forced Boris Johnson to concede his term as Prime Minister was over.

But writing in The Times, Mr Javid slammed his friend's stance as he backed his rival .

Mr. Sunak has argued that tax cuts can come after inflation has been brought under control.

But Mr Javid, himself a former Tory leadership candidate, insisted that "Tax reductions are now essential".