SUNAK SET TO ENTER RACE, AS JOHNSON RETURNS TO UK

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to officially enter the race to become the UK’s next prime minister
Sunak is the first to receive the backing of 100 Conservative MPs – the threshold needed to get on the ballot

Boris Johnson lands back in London after his holiday in the Caribbean, as speculation grows that he will also run

Trade minister Sir James Duddridge said the former prime minister told him that he was “up for it”
Commons leader Penny Mordaunt announced her candidacy promising a “fresh start” – but is lagging behind on Tory MPs’ public support

Leadership hopefuls have until 14:00 on Monday to gather the support of 100 MPs, with a new PM declared by Friday

Meanwhile, Boris Johnson and his family have left their plane at Gatwick from the back steps after arriving home from their holiday in the Caribbean.

His security detail escorted him and his wife and children into two dark vans, amid speculation he could declare plans to run to succeed Liz Truss.

There are crowds of people gathered trying to take pictures of the former prime minister – with some bemused and shocked to learn he was on the plane.