Friday evening UK news briefing: Boris Johnson’s allies ‘confident’ as Penny Mordaunt officially declares

However, there is a reaction to Mr Johnson’s possible return is starting to grow as a senior Tory put it, he “had his chance”.

Rishi Sunak’s supporters suggested the idea offered Mr. Johnson the position of Home Secretary in the desire to win the leadership and unify the party.

This is due to concerns that Mr. Sunak he was rejected by the local Tories who is not seen as a “true conservative” because of his tax policies.

Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch fear that they will not get enough support launch a realistic leadership campaign while the right cannot find a unity candidate.

No wonder the Conservative Party has sunk to its “lowest level in British election history”. have revealed new figuresas Tory MPs reject calls for an early election.

Follow this odds tracker planning the options for candidates to replace Mrs Truss and ours the live blog will have all the developments in the race for number 10.

“Muppet Premium”

Whichever candidate is in Downing Street at this time next week will have a huge task ahead of them.

Public borrowing hit £20 billion last month as economists have warned, the deficit will reach £200 billion this year, more than double official forecasts.

The next prime minister will be too they have to deal with growing fears that plans to cut EU red tape to strengthen the City of London may be delayed by growing political turmoil in Westminster.

A question also arises what will happen to Jeremy Hunt’s budgetscheduled for October 31, three days after the end of the leadership contest, if it runs for the full time.

Kate Andrews warns that Labor should not be rooting for the collapse of the Tories because the end of cheap money also sinks their agenda.

However, after Mr. Hunt’s interventions, the markets began to stabilize and Tim Wallace analyzes why Britain may finally dismisses his “muppet premium”.

The salad was glowing

Meanwhile, Liz Truss remains Prime Minister, but the last few days have been uneasy in office.

She is reversed calls for the compensation to be rejected up to the £115,000 a year she will be entitled to as a former Prime Minister.

The Telegraph can reveal, is also drawing up an honor roll for resignation – despite having only been on the job for six weeks.

It raises the possibility that key members of Truss’s campaign could receive knighthoods or peerages, despite the former prime minister having only been at the top of politics for a few weeks.

Insult was added to the Prime Minister’s injury on Thursday night when the Daily Star screened his virally successful salad video in Parliament.

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Around the world: Berlusconi said “keep your mouth shut”

Italy’s prime minister-in-waiting, Giorgio Meloni, reportedly told Silvio Berlusconi to “keep his mouth shut” when ready to formalize the most right-wing government in the country since World War II. Berlusconi, known for his gaffes and unpredictability, leads Forza Italia, one of three parties that will form the new government, along with the hard-right League and the Brothers of Italy, led by Ms Meloni. This week he emerged as a coalition pledge after audio recordings of him emerged complimented with gifts from Vladimir Putin.

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“I think there could very easily be an uprising in the US”