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This election should take place. they can now choose the election rules for this leadership contest, and we expect that will mean measures to try and reduce the size of the field. many of the hopefuls have been setting out their plans. it's thought the current contenders will be whittled down to two by the end of next week when parliament goes on recess. we aren't quite sure of the precise process. we think the election could be late august. here's our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. 11 candidates fighting for one vacancy. last night, foreign secretary liz truss became the lat...

Party membership. number one, is there a threshold for mps to get into that first round of voting? if we cast our minds back to the last election, i candidate had to have eight fellow mps backing them in order to become an official candidate. there's talk of that figure going quite higher, potentially up to 20, and then there'll be a decision about how often the boats will happen. we know they want to get down to a final two by the time parliament goes into recess. in by the time parliament goes into recess. ., ., recess. in the meantime i wonder if what you've — recess. in the meantime i wo...