Liz Truss quits: candidates to be prime minister must have at least 100 nominations from Tory MPs – as it happened

Nominations for next Tory leader will close at 2pm on Monday before next prime minister is confirmed on 28 October

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Attempting to steady the ship is Conservative MP Sir Roger Gale, who has told PA news agency that the chaos over the fracking vote had been a storm in a teacup", and that the appointment of Shapps could strengthen Truss's position.

The [Suella] Braverman issue is rather more fundamental, but I think on balance it's possible the prime minister might come out of it actually stronger rather than weaker," he is quoted as saying. We need people in the government who are grown-up and experienced and understand real politics."