Raab attacks Truss’s record as Tory leadership race enters critical 72 hours

Dominic Raab at the launch of Rishi Sunak’s campaign to be the next Conservative leader. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

The deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, has questioned Liz Truss’s record in government, as the acrimonious Conservative party leadership race that has set cabinet colleagues against each other enters a critical 72 hours.

Tory MPs will hold up to three rounds of voting this week to narrow the field to two, leaving grassroots members to make the final choice by 5 September.