Liz Truss gets surge in support from Tory MPs as Kemi Badenoch eliminated

Truss picks up 15 votes, trails Penny Mordaunt by six votes, in big to face Rishi Sunak in leadership election run-off

Liz Truss with Rishi Sunak (Jonathan Hordle/ITV)

Liz Truss received a surge in support as she battles it out against Penny Mordaunt to face Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership election run-off after Kemi Badenoch was eliminated.

Ms Truss picked up 15 votes to command the support of 86 Tory MPs in the penultimate ballot, as the right of the party appears to be coalescing around her in the race for No 10.