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With a deadline to declare their intentions nearing and facing likely election defeat, as many as 50 may opt not to stand

ANDREA LEADSOM: In November 2015, I hardly knew Boris Johnson - so I was baffled when he invited me to have dinner with him at a Turkish restaurant in Waterloo

MPs decide against ripping up rulebook to allow new confidence vote and agree to hold elections for new chiefs on Monday

One Conservative MP said: “It is clear from Lord McDonald’s letter today that Number 10 have not been honest in what they have said."

Tory rebels may soon gain more control of the 1922 Committee, meaning the PM could face a second no-confidence vote at any time.

The strength of feeling against the PM has steadily worsened as Tory rebels who have long wavered have acted at last.

Is it wrong that they feel theyve been intimidated? and pressurised into toeing the party line. is that wrong? |well, i would absolutely say that, | you know, intimidation in any walk of life would be wrong. i think in regards to the very. specific allegations being made by will wragg today. from pacac! indeed. marvellous acronym. look, all i would sayl is i do not recognise, as a government minister, - and as indeed the government minister responsible for public spending, | that account of how-...

Well, i would absolutely say| that, you know, intimidation in any walk of life would be wrong. i i think in regards to the very. specific allegations being made by will wragg today. from pacac! indeed. marvellous acronym. look, all i would sayl is i do not recognise, as a government minister, - and as indeed the government minister responsible for public spending, | that account of how- government ever operates. not least because thats| never how i or any of my associates would behave. but also ...

To give an account of that| to the commons speaker, i mean that would be i the appropriate forum, i think, down which to proceed. obviously any of these allegations need to be evidenced, really. - thats the long and the short of it. do you believe him? i would need to see - the basis of the evidence on which he makes that allegation. but with that kind of thing be acceptable, i suppose. clearly i do not think- that is an appropriate way for westminster to behave. weve seen what sajid javid, the ...

Evidenced, really. thats the long - and the short of it. do you believe him? i would need to see - the basis of the evidence on which he makes that allegation. - but with that kind of thing be acceptable, i suppose. clearly i do not think- that is an appropriate way for westminster to behave. weve seen what sajid javid, the health secretary, said on the today programme this morning. weve seen what steve baker, your colleague on the conservative backbenches has said. that this ultimately is about...