Liz Truss has found herself under siege from both allies and opponents in the Conservative Party and Tory MPs are now considering who could replace her with former cabinet minister Grant Shapps warning they will “find a way” to oust her if the polls do not improve.
Liz Truss
Tory MPs want Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to step in as an “emergency Prime Minister” to take them through to the next election if Liz Truss’ government collapses. Express.co.uk has been told that the popular minister is the favourite in a shortlist of three as the beleaguered Ms Truss fights to keep control of her party with MPs openly claiming she has “10 days to save her Premiership”.
Conservative MPs have begun discussions over who could take over as Prime Minister and drawn up a list of three possible candidates.
Mr Wallace, who is popular in the party but chose to not run for the leadership this summer and instead backed Ms Truss, is the top of a shortlist which also includes failed leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt.