A SENIOR Tory MP has confirmed he has “lodged” a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister with Sir Graham Brady.
Liz Truss addressed the House of Commons earlier today at Prime Minister’s Questions amid continued scrutiny over the security of her position.
William Wragg, the vice-chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, said he was "personally ashamed" by the mini-Budget and that he could not "easily forgive" members of the UK Government for their "lack of foresight".
He said that he would like to vote with Labour on a fracking motion later on Wednesday afternoon but said he is not going to as he would lose the whip.
The Government has told Tory MPs they must vote against Labour’s attempts to ban fracking, thereby turning it into a confidence vote.
Wragg told MPs: “If I vote as I would wish then I would lose the whip. I would no longer be vice-chair of the 1922 Committee, I would no longer maintain a position as a chair of one of the select committees of the House.
Tory MP Will Wragg confirms he's submitted a no confidence letter in the prime minister. Says he will vote as told in tonight's "confidence vote" on fracking because he doesn't want his letter to lapse. pic.twitter.com/pz4yV5LwAq
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“And indeed because of that my letter lodged with my honourable friend, the member for Altrincham and Sale West would fall, and I wish to maintain that letter with my honourable friend.”
On his social media this morning, Wragg retweeted an article written by Tory MP Robert Largan titled “Warning of the dangers of dumpster fires”.
Wragg’s tweet was captioned: "I share my Honourable Friend’s concern about this important issue.”
The pressure has been building on the PM over the last few days with multiple Conservative MPs publicly calling on her to quit.
On Tuesday, a senior Scottish Tory MSP warned Truss she had “just days” to turn things around.
Recent polling also found that the Prime Minister is viewed positively by just one in 10 people in the UK and that the majority of her own party’s members want her gone.
New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ditched the majority of Truss’s original fiscal plan in an emergency statement on Monday.
