Tory leadership race gets underway as Badenoch and Cleverly launch small state campaigns

The London business newspaper CITY AM says “The Conservative leadership race was set alight today as frontrunner Kemi Badenoch and rival James Cleverly launched their campaigns, both calling for a “state that does less”.

Former business and trade secretary Badenoch argued: “Government should do fewer things but better – and what it does, it should do with brilliance.”

While former foreign and home secretary Cleverly said: “The most important thing is to deliver on our promises and in order to do that we need to make fewer promises – but deliver on every single promise we make.”