Sources say shadow treasurer Jess Wilson has received enough support to test leadership of the party a year out from state poll

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A group of Victorian Liberal MPs have told the party leader, Brad Battin, they no longer have confidence in his leadership, paving the way for a vote on whether to replace him.

The intervention on Monday afternoon – delivered almost one year before the state goes to the polls – could trigger a ballot on his position as early as Tuesday morning.