Stephen Crabb first senior Tory to launch leadership bid

Stephen Crabb has become the first senior Tory to launch a campaign for the party leadership — and the keys to Number 10 — by vowing to curb immigration and make it a “red line” in Brexit negotiations.

The Work and Pensions Secretary, who backed staying in the European Union, said he would work to implement Brexit and there could be no way to “subvert” the process.

He acknowledged he was the “underdog” in a leadership race that is also likely to feature Brexit campaign frontman, Boris Johnson, and Home Secretary Theresa May, but he said the contest should not be a “two-horse race” between the ‘Boris/Stop Boris’ candidates.