Formally launching his campaign in his Newark constituency, Robert Jenrick said he was going to tell 'hard truths' about the need for a change in direction.
The Tory leadership battle ramped up today as Robert Jenrick warned the party must admit 'where we went wrong' and cut immigration.
After being introduced by ex-Cabinet colleague Esther McVey, Mr Jenrick told activists he would not 'shirk difficult decisions' if he becomes leader.'But the principal one, the primary one, is that we broke our promise to the British public to deliver controlled and reduced migration and the secure border that the public rightfully demand,' he said.
The field will be whittled down to four in time for the Tory conference in Birmingham in the autumn before MPs vote for a final two who will face a ballot of Conservative members. Mr Jenrick said he would be 'open to' a cap restricting immigration to less than 10,000 people a year. He added that he would 'hope' to bring back the Rwanda scheme scrapped by the new Government, but this would be 'four or five years away'.
Hitting out at the new Government, he said Labour were guilty of 'too many delusions,' adding: 'If anyone tells you the grown-ups are in charge, just look at Ed Miliband.'
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