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the other declared candidate, has 23. with me is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. we have had some significant endorsements in the last hour. tell us about them. the endorsements in the last hour. tell us about them. us about them. the numbers are chanauin us about them. the numbers are changing all us about them. the numbers are changing all the us about them. the numbers are changing all the time, us about them. the numbers are changing all the time, and - us about them. the numbers are i changing all the time, and probably the most significant endorsement that we have had this afternoon is from suella braverman, the former home secretary. she resigned towards the end of last week, of course, with a swipe at liz truss, but has now come out in favour of rishi sunak. she is a key figure on the right of the party, he might, under different circumstances, expect to support borisjohnson. she has written in the daily telegraph, in stark terms, saying we are in dire strai
this is bbc news. the headlines at apm. former chancellor rishi sunak confirms he s in the race to be the next conservative leader. suella braverman, the former home secretary, is backing his bid. foreign secretary james cleverly endorses borisjohnson, although the former prime minister is yet to officially enter the race. a close ally is confident he will. yes, i have been speaking to borisjohnson and clearly, he s going to stand. there s a great deal of support for him, as you will have seen. penny mordaunt is still in the running, with 23 backers. she told the bbc she believes in cabinet led politics. i have my views. i will not be imposing policy that i have just made up in a room, by myself. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says his party hasn t got
most of her support would switch to rishi sunak if she did drop out. that news isjust rishi sunak if she did drop out. that news is just into us at the bbc via the press association news agency, reporting that borisjohnson has spoken to penny mordaunt, asked her to drop out and back his campaign, that she has refused. we will bring you more news on that as soon as we get it. now it s time for a look at the weather. hello. three areas of weather this afternoon. cloudy with hill fog across scotland, and then we ve got this band of heavy rain pushing its way north and eastwards. we re starting to lose the thundery element now and then behind it, some sunshine, but also now further showers arriving into the south and the west. and once again, they could well be heavy and thundery. so we ve got two areas of rain overnight. this first band of rain moving its way northwards through scotland. further heavy and potentially thundery showers spiralling around this area of low pressure moving east
and bring the party together, so you have those viewpoints when the cabinet table. the tory party needs to take up its mind, doesn t want to win? divided parties don t win elections. it is very narrow path, that there is a path to for them. if a week is a long time in politics, two years as an eternity. they can get there. i don t think the labour party has been performing particularly well, this is more of a tory collapse than a labour revival. if they do manage to turn the economy around, i think we can do that. in the labour party there are big fears that they could end up in a 1992 situation, where they get close but not close enough, and still are entrusted on the economy. i don t think your starmer has sealed the deal. at the moment the tories have done a hell of a lot to help him get the keys to number ten. we know the borisjohnson in rishi sunak met last night, with your insight and behind the scenes knowledge, how would a meeting like