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The Commons leader is the first minister to publicly oppose real terms cuts to the welfare budget.
The announcement was made following a meeting of the Accession Council.
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The unity between the two Conservative MPs is in stark contrast to earlier exchanges in the leadership campaign.
“Yes I am sort of amazed to find myself here this morning given my reported work ethic," the minister said.
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The pair have won through to the final run-off in the race to succeed Boris Johnson.
"Unauthorised disclosure of government information to the media is clearly inappropriate," cabinet secretary Simon Case said.
One of them will face Rishi Sunak in the final run-off.
Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss will now fight it out to win the right to join Rishi Sunak in the final run-off.