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Partygate: Dominic Raab plays down leadership challenge to PM

Under party rules, Tory backbenchers can force a vote on the prime minister’s leadership if 54 of them submit letters of no confidence in him. Only Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, who organises leadership contests, knows how many letters have been submitted. www.bbc.co.uk

Under party rules, Tory backbenchers can force a vote on the prime minister’s leadership if 54 of them submit letters of no confidence in him. Only Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, who organises leadership contests, knows how many letters have been submitted.

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