Priti Patel rules out bid for Tory leadership as rivals absorb right-wing backing

PA Wire

Home secretary Priti Patel has ruled out a late bid for the Conservative leadership after her closest rivals absorbed much of the support from the right of the party.

Allies of foreign secretary Liz Truss and attorney general Suella Braverman had been urging Ms Patel not to enter the crowded field and split the right – warning it could gift rontrunner Rishi Sunak a “coronation”.