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More from the work and pensions secretary, Therese Coffey, who said Liz Truss's campaign had nothing to do with an image circulating on social media showing her rival, Rishi Sunak, stabbing Boris Johnson in the back.

Speaking to Times Radio this morning, Coffey, who is Truss's campaign manager, said Nadine Dorries chose" to retweet the doctored image depicting Boris Johnson as Julius Caesar about to be stabbed by a knife-wielding Sunak.

Well, I wouldn't have done it. The Liz for Leader campaign certainly didn't do it. Nadine chose to do it. I've made her aware that many colleagues were upset by it.

It's for Nadine to decide how she runs her social media. But all I say is that I'm really here to focus on Liz rather than other news.

I'm not going to go into individual conversations, but she recognised that other people would have been upset by some of this, but she's very keen to make the case herself.

We were at the home of football and football came home with the Lionesses. I was there with Liz and we had a great time, cheering on the Lionesses, who really uplifted the mood of the nation and what a great tournament it's been.