The candidates for the Conservative leadership have not acknowledged "how bad things are in the country" and the Tory party, according to former prime minister Liz Truss.Ms Truss said that the four MPs vying to be Rishi Sunak's successor have to "explain what went wrong".Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly are trying to drum up support from their colleagues and party members at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

The candidates for the Conservative leadership have not acknowledged "how bad things are in the country" and the Tory party, according to former prime minister Liz Truss.Ms Truss said that the four MPs vying to be Rishi Sunak's successor have to "explain what went wrong".Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly are trying to drum up support from their colleagues and party members at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.