Tory leadership: candidates will need 20 MP backers to enter contest to succeed Boris Johnson – as it happened
by Tobi Thomas and Andrew Sparrow from on (#6194H)
Latest updates: nominations open and close on Tuesday, with first round of voting on Wednesday
- Britain to have new PM by 5 September as leadership rules announced
- Who's standing, what are they promising and who's backing them?
According to Sky News, supporters of Priti Patel, the home secretary, are saying there isa a strong but not 100% chance" that she will declare herself as a candidate later today.
Starmer says all the Tory candidates making wild" promises should say how they will fund them: by cuts, or by borrowing, or from the magic money tree?
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