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Rishi Sunak supporters have cast doubt on reports that Boris Johnson managed to win the backing of 100 Tory MPs as rivals held talks on Saturday night.

A campaign source for the former Prime Minister is said to have claimed Mr Johnson has the numbers to officially enter the race to replace Liz Truss at Downing Street.

En Responding to a reporter pointing out that Mr Johnson didn't have 100 publicly declared supporters, Sunak supporter Richard Holden said: 'That's because they don't exist.'

M . Johnson is far behind the more than 110 openly backing his former chancellor, Mr Sunak to officially enter the fast-paced leadership race.

Mr Johnson's hopes of a dramatic return to No 10 - after flying out overnight after a Caribbean holiday on Saturday - received another blow, as Brexiteer leader Lord David Frost backed Mr Sunak and warned the Conservative Party must 'move o n or 'risk repeating the chaos and confusion of last year'.

Dominic Raab, who is among those backing Mr Sunak, has warned that Mr Johnson's election will plunge back the government in "Groundhog Day". .. the soap opera, from Partygate” – given that he faces a parliamentarian ...