Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland switches his Tory leadership support from Sunak to Truss
Sir Robert Buckland has become the first cabinet minister to publicly switch his support from Rishi Sunak to Liz Truss in the Tory leadership race.
Mr Sunak won every vote among Tory MPs, but Ms Truss is now consistently tipped to win the backing of party members. "As the campaign has moved on, and as I have listened carefully to both candidates, I have thought deeply about the issues that move me and what I want to see the next prime minister doing," he said.
He said he had switched to Ms Truss in part because she had pledged to address his concerns about the Bill of Rights, a proposed piece of legislation intended to replace the Human Rights Act. "[Ms Truss's] plans give us our best shot at reaching our potential with the high-growth, high-productivity economy that we need," he said.
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