Minister rejects Tory hardliners' bid to push Rishi Sunak to the right ahead of general election

The Newark MP, who has produced a document on measures to curb net migration, added: “What I have tried to set out is a range of policies that can be implemented before the general election, such as what I am saying today on legal migration, which would convince some of those Conservative voters – who are effectively on strike – to come back and support the party in the general election.