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Controversial plans to let party members change their votes during the contest have also been ditched.
Tory leadership frontrunner now has a 34-point lead over her rival, a poll suggests, as party membership voting begins.
The foreign secretary was forced into an embarrassing U-turn following a furious Tory backlash.
The Tory leadership frontrunner preformed an abrupt U-turn on Tuesday following a backlash from Tory MPs.
Her plan spectacularly backfired with one minister describing it as “austerity on steroids”.
Ben Houchen warns millions of people including nurses, police officers and members of the armed forces would lose out.
The Brexit opportunities minister said the roles were "a job creation scheme created by the woke for the woke".
The foreign secretary's dig at the SNP's leader dubbed "a bit rich".
The Brexit opportunities minister backed Liz Truss's controversial remarks about Scotland's first minister.
The leadership hopeful promised a "war on Whitehall waste" in a press release that contained a £400 million mistake in the figures.