Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, Kemi Badenoch, the Business and Trade Secretary, and James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, remain the three most popular Cabinet ministers among the Tory grassroots, according to a new poll of Conservative Party members. 

The Conservative Home survey puts the trio in the first three places and in the same order as last month, with Mr Wallace on plus 85.1, Ms Badenoch on plus 63.5 and Mr Cleverly on plus 63. 

Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, is in fourth place on plus 47.8 and Penny Mordaunt, the commons leader and former Tory leadership challenger, is in fifth on plus 46.2. 

Rishi Sunak has enjoyed a major surge in his popularity among Tory members, according to a new survey of the Conservative Party grassroots carried out by the Conservative Home website.

The Prime Minister has jumped from sixth from bottom to sixth from top in the latest Cabinet league table. At the end of February Mr Sunak had a net satisfaction rating of just plus 7.4 but in the league table published today he has jumped up to plus 43.7. 

The turnaround in the premier’s fortunes came in a month in which he made progress on a number of issues which appear to have boosted him in the eyes of the Tory rank and file. 

Mr Sunak announced and adopted his Windsor Framework Brexit deal, unveiled the Illegal Migration Bill to tackle the migrant Channel crossings crisis and took the next step forward in the AUKUS submarine pact.