Senior Tories warn against extended leadership contest

Theresa May could remain as caretaker PM until late summer. Photograph: Toby Melville/AFP/Getty ImagesSenior Conservatives are warning against an prolonged leadership contest that would mean Theresa May remaining as caretaker prime minister until late summer.The prime minister promised the backbench 1922 Committee on Thursday that she would set out a timetable for her departure once MPs had been given a vote on the withdrawal agreement bill in early June.With a wide field of candidates including