UK aid minister Stewart backing Hunt in race to be next PM

Rory Stewart, Britain's aid minister and a former candidate to be the next prime minister, said he would now support Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt over favourite Boris Johnson in the race to succeed Theresa May. "I'm not a supporter of Boris and I wouldn't serve in his cabinet, so I'm supporting Jeremy Hunt," Stewart told BBC radio. Stewart was eliminated from the contest last week.

"I think Jeremy Hunt would make a much better Prime Minister than Boris Johnson," Stewart added that he would vote against the government to try and prevent a no-deal Brexit but would not vote to bring down the government and trigger a general election.