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Grant Shapps: Not the time or place for Tory leadership battle

Source: PA Wire

Grant Shapps has told Tory MPs considering ousting Rishi Sunak before the general election to “let him get on with the job”.

The Defence Secretary said “now is not the time or place” to try to put in place yet another Tory leader.

It came as Downing Street brushed off rumours on Friday that the could fire the starting gun on an election campaign

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