On Tuesday evening, the team that briefly formed Liz Truss’s Cabinet squeezed into the office of Simon Clarke, the former Levelling Up Secretary, to witness the birth of the Tories’ latest pressure group.
Some, however, are more troublesome than others, and the new Trussite group demanding growth be at the centre of the Government’s agenda threatens to be one of the most problematic for Mr Sunak. One member of the CCG said: “The Prime Minister has listed growth as one of his five achievements, which we fully support, and we want to come forward with ideas that will help the government get there. We will be working with people inside and outside government to test these ideas, to work with the key drivers of the economy, and for the Government to adopt them.”
“We are going to try and make sure we win the next election, only the people can decide who wins and we believe reducing people’s taxes, keeping more of people’s money in their pockets and delivering growth in the economy to fund the public services they rely on is the best way of achieving that,” the MP added.
Each has its own agenda and several are willing to make waves. The Conservative Democratic Organisation, set up by allies of Boris Johnson, is planning to a launch conference with a gala black-tie dinner in May, likely to take place shortly after the local elections, where it will reveal its next steps in the campaign to give Tory members more control of their party.