Full text: leaked Tory memo attacking Sunak

The Telegraph has got hold of a zinger of a private memo currently doing the rounds on Tory MPs’ WhatsApp groups. The 421-word dossier, which sums up all of the ex-chancellor’s supposed errors during his two-year tenure, has been published by the paper’s associate editor Camilla Tominey. 

The document lays into Sunak, accusing the favourite to replace Boris Johnson of reckless overspending and a commitment to ‘big state’ economic policy. It also claims that he lied about his wife’s non-dom tax status and that he committed ‘schoolboy errors’ that led to widespread fraud of the Covid loan scheme. 

Frontrunner position has traditionally been a dangerous place during Tory leadership elections. MPs and party members often vote to rule out candidates they dislike as much as backing specific leadership hopefuls. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson is reportedly keen to see his former right-hand man, whose resignation precipitated his own fall from No.