Rishi Sunak has official declared his bid to be the next leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister.
The ex-chancellor has already passed the threshold of 100 nominations that candidates need. Allies of Boris Johnson claim he has also passed this threshold although that cannot be independently verified because some of these apparent backers are yet to make public statements.
Mr Sunak is now in pole position among MPs and could be PM by Friday - or even Tuesday. This is unless his bid is scuppered by a comeback attempt from Boris Johnson, The Mirror reports.
