there are conversations going on between penny mordaunt and other conservative mps or vinay and as we speak no, so the numbers are not an issue as far as we are concerned. it comes after borisjohnson put an end to days of speculation about a comeback when he dramatically pulled out of the race saying it would not be the right thing to do . rishi sunak praised borisjohnson for his achievements after he pulled out of the race. nominations close at 2pm so we could know who the next resident of the building behind me will be shortly after that. we ll be bringing you updates throughout the day. good morning and welcome to bbc news. we could find out who s replacing liz truss as prime minister as early as this afternoon. tory mps have until 2pm to make their nominations and each candidate needs at least 100 backers. if only one achieves that, they ll be declared prime minister today. if both reach 100 there ll be an mps ballot this afternoon and then party members this week. tw
labour says the conservatives are out of ideas, regardless of who s prime minister. after 12 years of a tory government, what are we to show for it? people are not able to pay their bills and the nhs and law and order have completely broken down. priti patel has announced she will retire as soon as a new home secretary has been appointed. she was said will continue as a backbencher. from the war in ukraine to spiralling inflation liz truss is facing issues at home and abroad. we ll be speaking to a former cabinet secretary who was the top civil servant for three different british prime ministers about how she might approach the challenge. welcome to the programme. if you have questions about liz truss being set to become the next uk prime minister, send them our way and will be speaking to a range of experts through the next two hours and we ll do our best to give you some answers. you can reach me on twitter. and of course, the centre of our coverage will be britain s
than an 18 minute target time. the bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cutprice crowns. will come to the programme. first, attorney general has been knocked out of the conservative race in the second round of voting. receiving just 27 both some tory mps. now, the five remaining hopefuls progress to the third round on monday. once again, rishi sunak has the number of votes and conservative mps and penny mordaunt came second with the support of 83 and it s just been reported that she has thrown her weight behind liz truss. before today s voting, it was the last of the big campaign launch events. , ., ., ., , ., events. times are going to be tough but i know that events. times are going to be tough but i know that i events. times are going to be tough but i know that i can events. times are going to be tough but i know that i can get events. times are going to be tough but i k
then, starting with. the financial times is leading on the conservative leadership contest they report that senior conservative party figures are plotting to rapidly thin out the i is also focussing on the leadership contest but they describe it as sunak versus one of the rest . the guardian s front page is about the leadership contest. they report that tory rivals are scrambling for supporters meanwhile the mirror s front page is dedicated to ambulance crews being stuck outside a&e. they say patients are waiting up to 27 hours and the daily star is all about the heatwave, claiming britain will be hotter than hawaii tomorrow so, let s begin. tory rivals scramble for supporters, this is all about how many supporters they will need to get through to the next round, and it is all still up in the air? we through to the next round, and it is all still up in the air? all still up in the air? we are expecting all still up in the air? we are expecting to all still up in