Tory party ballot on Wednesday evening after more than 48 letters sent to Graham Brady, chair of 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchersWho will be PM in the morning? All your questions answeredThe race to replace Theresa May: who are the likely candidates?May vows to fight leadership vote ‘with everything I’ve got’ 1.59pm GMT My colleague Matthew Weaver, who has been tracking the statements that Tory MPs have been making on Twitter about how they will vote tonight, says 137 of them have now declared for the prime minister. Related: Confidence vote: May’s opponents and supporters in the Tory party 1.56pm GMT Philip Hammond, the chancellor, has described those Tories trying to remove Theresa May as “extremists” pushing for a no-deal Brexit. He told Sky News:I’m very clear that the prime minister will have the support of the great majority of parliamentary colleagues. And I think what this vote today will do is flush out the extremists who are trying to advance a particular agenda which would really not be in the interests of the British people or the British economy. Leaving the European Union without a deal would be bad for Britain. Continue reading…
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