Sajid Javid has backed Liz Truss to become the next Tory leader, warning that Rishi Sunak’s economic plans would send Britain “sleepwalking into a high-tax, low-growth economy”.
In an attack on his friend, Javid suggested that Sunak’s refusal to cut taxes risked Britain becoming a “middle-income economy” with a loss of global influence and power.
In an article by the times he clearly added that Truss had “the will to challenge the status quo”, warning that there were “no risk-free options in government”.
Truss and Sunak on their abandoned policy
Javid’s endorsement of Truss will be a blow to Sunak, who saw him as a mentor in his early political career and succeeded him as chancellor in 2020.
The two men had a strained relationship when they brought Javid