Boris Johnson has been dealt a fresh blow after a senior Tory MP and former minister said that he had submitted a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister.
Tobias Ellwood, MP for Bournemouth East and the current Defence Committee chairman, dropped the bombshell as the PM made his way back from Ukraine to face Prime Minister's Questions this lunchtime.
The move increases the danger of the required 54 MPs submitting letters, which would trigger a no confidence vote, reports the Mirror.