Liz Truss has overtaken Rishi Sunak as the favourite to succeed Boris Johnson among Tory members, a new poll has found. 

According to Conservative Home, just over 23 per cent of Tory party members would prefer to see the Foreign Secretary become the next leader, compared to 20 per cent who backed Mr Sunak. 

When the same questions was asked of Conservative members in August, Ms Truss was second with just 12 per cent, compared to Mr Sunak on 31 per cent.

The poll, which surveyed 786 Britons, found Penny Mordaunt was the third favourite to take over from Mr Johnson, with eight per cent of the votes.