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Boris Johnson meets MPs amid Tory leadership speculation

Conservative MPs Ben Wallace and Jake Berry have been spotted at Boris Johnson's home amid speculation he could become the next party leader.

Earlier, pro-Brexit former defence secretary Liam Fox became the first Conservative to announce he may put himself forward to replace David Cameron when he stands down shortly.

Mr Johnson is widely expected to stand, while Theresa May, George Osborne, and Michael Gove are also likely to contend the top job.

Mr Cameron announced his intention to resign as prime minister after the country voted to leave the EU, saying his successor should be in place by October.

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IDS: Leave campaign did not 'promise' £350m for NHS

Iain Duncan Smith said the Leave campaign's NHS promise is not 'broken'. Credit: BBC/ Andrew Marr Show

Former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith has denied the Vote Leave referendum campaign has broken its promises to switch £350 million a week from Brussels to the NHS when the UK withdraws from the EU.

Speaking to BBC1's Andrew Marr Show, he said: "It is not a promise broken, I never said that through the course of the election, what I said was we will be able to spend the lion's share of that money."

He also said David Cameron's replacement must come from the Brexit camp.

"Whoever takes up that job... it would be very, very difficult for the public who have voted for leaving the European Union to find that they then had a prime minister who actually was opposed to leaving the European Union."

There was a clear decision, and what has to happen is delivery on that, and somebody who has been involved in that clearly has to be the case, because the Government itself had a view... which was to Remain, so now we need to change that position and actually deliver on this very clear mandate form the British people.

– Iain Duncan Smith
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