A SENIOR minister from a new Tory generation today enters the party’s leadership race – and reveals the majority of Brits crave a new face for PM.

Housing Minister Kit Malthouse, a rising star from the 2015 intake of MPs, declares his bid for the nation’s top job in an article for The Sun.

5 Housing Minister Kit Malthouse has entered the Tory leadership race Credit: Rex Features

5 There are now 10 candidates in the race replace Theresa May as the Conservative Party leader Credit: AFP or licensors

To boost his cause, the Hampshire MP also publishes polling that shows 56% of all Brits don’t want any of the Cabinet-level Tory big beasts to succeed Theresa May.

Instead, the large number agree with the phrase: “I want someone new, as I feel we need a change”.

The survey of 3,000 voters by Censuswide found of today’s Cabinet, Sajid Javid comes top as a good choice for No10, but with just 7% of the vote.

Laying down the gauntlet to his seniors, Mr Malthouse argues: “There is a yearning for change out there.

I believe I’m the new face, with fresh new ideas, from a new and talented generation Kit Malthouse

“This leadership campaign cannot be about the same old faces, scarred by the wars that have split the Tory Party over the last 3 years.

“I believe I’m the new face, with fresh new ideas, from a new and talented generation.”

Leave campaigner Mr Malthouse is the author of the lauded ‘Malthouse Compromise’ plan for Brexit to break Parliament’s deadlock.

His idea to replace the hated Irish backstop with alternative arrangements over a longer three year period is the only solution yet to have won a Commons majority in six months of Parliamentary warfare.

The Liverpool-born father-of-three Mr Malthouse told The Sun: “All the leadership candidates talk about the need for unity, but I’m the only one who got off my backside to make it happen.

“I gather that most of them are running on a variation of my plan. That’s what made me think I would be the person to deliver it”.

My family’s story is one of education, hard work and opportunity, and that’s what I want for everyone Kit Malthouse

In marked contrast to the race’s two public school-educated frontrunners Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, Mr Malthouse also tells of his pride in his ordinary background.

He writes: “My granddad was a Yorkshire wagon driver, my grandma a teacher, and my Mum and Dad were the first in their families to go to university.

“My family’s story is one of education, hard work and opportunity, and that’s what I want for everyone.”

Mr Malthouse’s announcement makes him 10th contender to formally declare for the Tory crown.

His run is a blow to Boris, as Mr Malthouse was seen as his close ally having served as his deputy London mayor.

The 52-year-old Brexiteer revealed he has already won the support of a number of Tory MPs across the spectrum of the Conservative Party.

They include Remainer former crime minister Sarah Newton and ex-No10 adviser Alex Burghart, one of the stars of the 2017 intake.

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Another rising star only elected in 2015, the Brexit minister James Cleverly, is also expected to enter the race later this week.

Yesterday Sajid Javid confirmed he would be a candidate and vowed to unite the country.

The Home Secretary hopes his striking back story will convince MPs he is best placed to win over voters to the Conservative cause.

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