UK’s Boris Johnson refuses to endorse successor

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks at a swab during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in London on July 11, 2022 after the announcement of one billion of funding for the biomedical research institute from the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the Wellcome Trust. PHOTO | AFP

What you need to know:

  • So far, 11 hopefuls have declared their intention to stand in the internal leadership contest, with the party expected to outline a timetable later on Monday.