Michael Gove’s leadership campaign has suffered a further blow in the wake of his admission that he snorted cocaine after it emerged that Amber Rudd is backing Jeremy Hunt for Conservative leader.
Ms Rudd, whom Mr Gove had been attempting to win round as part of his bid to appeal to One Nation Tories, will instead endorse Mr Hunt on Monday and attend the official launch of his leadership campaign.
The Telegraph understands that Mr Hunt is on the brink of securing the support of two other prominent Cabinet ministers – Penny Mordaunt, the Eurosceptic Defence Secretary, and Greg Clark, the Business Secretary. Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, is also understood to be giving serious consideration…
