Tory MPs are jockeying for position in the race to succeed Boris Johnson after the prime minister quit as Tory leader following a dramatic cabinet mutiny.

Tom Tugendhat is the latest MP to enter the leadership battle, joining Attorney General Suella Braverman and Brexiteer Steve Baker who have shown interest.

Mr Johnson plans to stay on as PM until a replacement is found by the autumn.

Opposition parties and some Tories want him to leave now – but he has appointed a new cabinet line-up.

One newly appointed minister, Education Secretary James Cleverly, said there was no need to appoint a “caretaker” leader, as some Tories have suggested.

ir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the treasurer of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, said in an “ideal world” deputy PM Dominic Raab would take over for a few weeks but “that ship has sailed”.

A timetable for the Tory leadership race is due to be confirmed next week and the new prime minister is expected to be in position by September.

The Labour Party has threatened to try and unseat the PM immediately through a vote of no confidence, although this would need considerable support among Conservatives to succeed.