leadsom who is backing her, interestingly, it was andrea leadsom who bailed out when she was up against theresa may, which allowed the coronation of theresa may. talk us through that. she the coronation of theresa may. talk us through that.— us through that. she is backing penny mordaunt _ us through that. she is backing penny mordaunt and _ us through that. she is backing penny mordaunt and the - us through that. she is backing | penny mordaunt and the theory us through that. she is backing - penny mordaunt and the theory behind hacking _ penny mordaunt and the theory behind backing penny mordaunt is that she doesn't _ backing penny mordaunt is that she doesn't carry the baggage that boris johnson _ doesn't carry the baggage that boris johnson carries on for some people in the _ johnson carries on for some people in the tory— johnson carries on for some people in the tory party who resent rishi sunaks— in the tory party who resent rishi sunak's role in facilitating the fall of— sunak's role in facilitating the fall of borisjohnson, sunak's role in facilitating the fall of boris

andrea leadsom sa int the that the party needs. andrea leadsom saying they are — that the party needs. andrea leadsom saying they are supremely _ that the party needs. andrea leadsom saying they are supremely confident . saying they are supremely confident and penny mordaunt is the unity candidate. and penny mordaunt is the unity candidate. i'm joined now by dr liam fox, mp for north somerset and a richi sunak supporter. do you it is all over? think everyone _ do you it is all over? think everyone is _ do you it is all over? think everyone is going - do you it is all over? think everyone is going to i do you it is all over? think everyone is going to have l do you it is all over? thinki everyone is going to have to do you it is all over? think i everyone is going to have to wait another four hours because everyone is going to have to wait anotherfour hours because i imagine rishi sunak and penny mordaunt will spend time talking to colleagues over that period. i imagine, to maximise the number of supporters that they have. and i a

andrea leadsom, previously business secretary and leader of the commons says she wants penny mordaunt to become leader, saying that she has the experience, compassion and determination to be our next prime minister. boris johnson's former chief of staff steve barclay says he is backing rishi sunak who is best placed to deal with economic challenges. nadine dorries has unsurprisingly backed boris johnson nadine dorries has unsurprisingly backed borisjohnson saying that he is the one person that labour fear the most. george freeman, who helped run penny mordaunt�*s last campaign says that britain needs stability and unity and not a soap opera. earlier, my colleague martin cox all spoke to the conservative peer, lord marland and asked him who his preferred candidate was. i don't have one- _ preferred candidate was. i don't have one- i _ preferred candidate was. i don't have one. i prefer— preferred candidate was. i don't have one. i prefer boris - preferred candidate was. i don't have one. i prefer boris not - preferred candidate was. i don't have one. i prefer boris not to l have on

meanwhile andrea leadsom, previously business secretary and leader of the commons, says she wants penny mordaunt to become leader, saying she has "experience, compassion and determination to be our next prime minister". former secretary of state liam fox says rishi sunak "has the judgment to heal our economy and unite our party". previous culture secretary, nadine dorries, has unsurprisingly backed boisjohnson, saying he's the "one person labour fear the most". and george freeman, who helped run penny mordaunt�*s last campaign, says "britain needs stability and unity, not a soap opera" and ms mordaunt will bring "unity, stability and economic responsibility". joining me now is our political correspondent damian grammaticas. thank you forjoining us, damien. rumours abound whether borisjonnson has reached the magic 100. this rumours abound whether boris jonnson has reached the magic 100.— has reached the magic 100. this has come from the _ has reached the magic 100. this has come from the boris _ has reached the magic 100. this has come from the boris jonnson - has reached the magic 1

meanwhile, andrea leadsom, previously business secretary and leader of the commons, says she wants penny mordaunt to become leader, saying she has "experience, compassion and determination to be our next prime minister". former secretary of state liam fox says rishi sunak "has the judgment to heal our economy and unite our party". previous culture secretary nadine dorries has, unsurprisingly, backed boisjohnson, saying he's the "one person labour fear the most". and dame maria miller was one of the earliest supporters of penny mordaunt, saying she has a "proven track record" and is "more than a match for keir starmer". our political correspondent rajdeep sandhu is in westminster and has more for us on the support for borisjohnson. a source has said that borisjohnson has now more than 100 backers amongst conservative mps. now, that is different to the kind of public number of mps coming out to back boris johnson. publicly, what we are seeing is around the 50 mark, so it seems that the campaign team seem to think that there is a lot more privately who would support borisjohnson if he were

meanwhile andrea leadsom, previously business secretary and leader of the commons, says she wants penny mordaunt to become leader, saying she has "experience, compassion and determination to be our next prime minister". former secretary of state liam fox says rishi sunak "has the judgment to heal our economy and unite our party". previous culture secretary, nadine dorries, has unsurprisingly backed boisjohnson, saying he's the "one person labour fear the most". and george freeman, who helped run penny mordaunt�*s last campaign, says "britain needs stability and unity, not a soap opera" and ms mordaunt will bring "unity, stability and economic responsibility". earlier, we spoke to bim afolami, who is the conservative mp for hitchin and harpenden. he explained why he's supporting rishi sunak. first thing, unrelenting focus on making sure inflation comes down in interest rates come down. that is what he is focusing on. secondly, sustainable economic growth, liz truss is not wrong to think about growing our economy, making sure that everybody owns a bit more, more opportunities for people

isn't that a i problem for somebody like you, particularly, andrea leadsom? you have always come onto this programme and talked about fiscal responsibility, about being able to balance the books. and yet there are still going to be £15 billion of unfunded tax cuts. does that make you feel queasy?— you feel queasy? absolutely, it does. however, _ you feel queasy? absolutely, it does. however, in _ you feel queasy? absolutely, it does. however, in my- you feel queasy? absolutely, it does. however, in my view, . you feel queasy? absolutely, it| does. however, in my view, the energy— does. however, in my view, the energy package was essential. and it is by far— energy package was essential. and it is by far and — energy package was essential. and it is by far and above the greatest element, — is by far and above the greatest element, 90% of the tax pledges... but i'm _ element, 90% of the tax pledges... but i'm talking about the unfunded tax cuts on the other side. the intervention about energy bills and help for households was announced prior to the m

andrea leadsom is a penny mordaunt supporter and has been speaking in the past few minutes. we are feeling supremely confident at the moment and there's a lot of support for penny from colleagues and we had that support from all sides of the party yesterday and now that borisjohnson has said he is not going to stand, a lot of his supporters are very keen on penny, so many will be coming to her. what is important is that people understand that penny is a fresh face that the country needs but also the unity candidate that the party needs. i'm joined now by our chief political correspondent nick eardley. we are number crunching. where are things? we we are number crunching. where are thins? ~ ., �* we are number crunching. where are thins? ., �* ~ ., , things? we don't know if penny mordaunt is _ things? we don't know if penny mordaunt is going _ things? we don't know if penny mordaunt is going to _ things? we don't know if penny mordaunt is going to make - things? we don't know if penny mordaunt is going to make it i things? we don't know if penny mordaunt is going to make

andrea leadsome appears to be addressing the commons, so it could be we have had this and we might actually now be on... we are on a backbench debate now, rather than on the business the government has just completed so we believe the house of commons chamber now. the activity will be happening in the corridors and the bars as or try to establish the fact that these rumours. the government chief whip, a member of the cabinet, wendy morton has resigned. it is being widely reported on social media, wendy morton is the mp for the west midlands and much was made up appointment, she was the first woman on the conservative side to become chief whip, which puts her in charge of discipline and directly answerable to the prime minister for the conduct of conservative mps. we have a former special adviser at the home office, not under suella braverman, otherwise he would have been out of a job as well. thank you for coming. let's go back on this and try to get this back to kind of basics, why did suella braverman have to resign or indeed, did she have to resign or indeed, did she have to resign or in

former cabinet minister andrea leadsom.