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CONSERVATIVES

Sunak supporters call for ‘confidence’ in leadership

Rishi Sunak will lead the Conservative party into an election at the end of the year despite reports of rebellious MPs plotting to oust him to avoid wipeout at the polls, a senior cabinet minister has said.

Mark Harper, the transport secretary, told his fellow MPs to “have some confidence” in the party leadership, insisting in a TV interview last weekend that Sunak was focused on

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