Tories could face High Court challenge over ‘secretive’ leadership elections
Tortoise Media is pursuing legal action over a refusal to give information about Conservative members who elected Liz Truss.
Tortoise Media is pursuing legal action over a refusal to give information about Conservative members who elected Liz Truss.
It comes as former ministers Liz Truss and Priti Patel heaped praise on the broadcaster in grovelling speeches.
Former prime minister Liz Truss was among those calling for the Government to make the move ahead of the autumn statement.
Backbench Tories including Liz Truss have claimed a ‘boycott’ of ‘certain TV channels’ represents a threat to freedom of speech.
Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and Michael Gove are among the senior figures who accepted severance payments after leaving office.
The Tories suffered a major slump in donations last year, with the worst decline taking place when Liz Truss was in charge for just 49 days.
The levelling-up secretary is believed to have "betrayed" Boris by convincing Kemi Badenoch to back Rishi Sunak after Liz Truss resigned.
Some people have taken the message to be a blatant trolling of his predecessors, Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng.
Tory former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss both voted against the Government in a historic snub.
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