Sajid Javid has said he is attacked daily on social media by Asians and the “far Left” because he is "not brown enough", as he gives a big hint he will stand to succeed Theresa May as party leader.

The Home Secretary said in an interview that he is receiving racist abuse on social media on a daily basis and that “they don’t like me because of my colour”.

Mr Javid is one of the frontrunners to succeed Mrs May who is under pressure from her backbenchers to set a clear “roadmap” for her exit. So far she has only said she will stand down once the Brexit deal has been agreed.

The Daily Telegraph can disclose that Mrs May has agreed to meet MPs on the 1922 committee's 18-strong executive on Thursday morning in a move to force her to commit to an exit timetable.

In an interview with Nick Robinson’s Political Thinking Podcast, Mr Javid said: “If you look at social media on any day, especially Twitter or something, I’m getting abuse every day and I get it, I actually get it from the Left.

“You know the far Left, let’s say including lots of Asians who would say ‘he’s not brown enough’. I get it from the right and the far Right in particular saying ‘he’s too brown’.”