Ben Wallace rules himself out of leadership race and is ‘leaning towards’ backing Boris Johnson as next PM – UK politics live

Hello everyone. I’m Léonie Chao-Fong, taking over the live blog from Helen Sullivan to take you through the latest in British politics. I’m on Twitter or you can email me.

Here’s the agenda for the day:

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey will be doing a broadcast round this morning.

6.30am: Scottish Tory MP John Lamont, who is supporting Penny Mordaunt, was on BBC Breakfast, followed by Tory MPs Crispin Blunt at 7:30am and Paul Bristow at 8.05am. The shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will speak at 8.30am followed by the SNP Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, at 9.05am.

7am: Borrowing data for September from the Office for National Statistics.

7:15am. Tory MP Crispin Blunt will be on Sky News at 7.15am, followed by the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, at 7.20am. Chatham House’s director Bronwen Maddox is on at 7.40am, then the former adviser to Boris Johnson, Will Walden, at 7.45am. Tory MP Christopher Chope is on at 8.20am followed by the SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford at 8.45am.

7.20am: The former education minister Nicky Morgan will be speaking on Times radio, followed by Conservative MP Richard Graham and Jill Rutter of the UK in a Changing Europe think tank at 7:40am. The former Truss adviser Kirsty Buchanan will be on at 8.20am), then the Tory MP Bob Seely, supporting Mordaunt, at 9.05am.

7.32am: Sir Christopher Chope, supporting Boris Johnson, will be on TalkTV followed by Steve Double, supporting Rishi Sunak, at 8.05am.

9.30am: HMRC releases house sales figures.

9:30am: Sits in the House of Commons for Private Members’ bills.

2:45pm. Plaid Cymru’s leader, Adam Price, will address the party’s conference in Llandudno.