Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss has promised to bring "grit, determination and straight-talking" to the role of prime minister, as she addressed party members at the first hustings event in Leeds.

She told the audience in her hometown: "Now is not the time for business as usual; now is not the time for the status quo. We need to be bold and we need to do things differently." Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn