Fears grow over Boris Johnson win as Hunt challenge fades

Senior Tories voice alarm on spending commitments, Brexit and future of the union. Tory MPs have not been able to agree on very much since the momentous decision by voters to leave the EU. Yet as they headed back to their constituencies last week, there was one prediction that, for once, united them all. Figures from across the party agreed that Boris Johnson is odds-on to be the party’s next leader and to enter Downing Street. One cabinet minister, among those to have reluctantly accepted