Newly appointed chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former health secretaries Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt have all joined the race to replace Boris Johnson. Grant Shapps also launched his leadership bid by telling the Sunday Times he was ruling out a general election if he becomes prime minister. A spokesperson for Boris Johnson said reports that he is planning to stand down as prime minister on Monday in order to run again for Tory leader are completely untrue. Ben Wallace has announced that he will not stand to be the next leader. The defence secretary had been seen as a promising outsider in the race, but said he wanted to focus on his current job and keeping the country safe. The early favourite in the contest, Rishi Sunak, has been criticised as “treacherous” for his resignation on Tuesday. Education minister Andrea Jenkyns said she was “standing up for herself” after shouting and sticking her middle finger up to protesters outside Downing Street on Thursday. She has been criticised by MPs in both parties, but in a statement said she had received death threats. Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon, said he had resigned as deputy chairman of the Conservative party in order to “be free to support Kemi Badenoch to be our next PM”. A new prime minister could be named in the next two weeks, according to Andrew Bridgen. The backbencher said that if the 1922 committee, which presides over the parliamentary Conservative party, changed the rules and the final two candidates made a deal, Boris Johnson’s successor could be named within a fortnight. Jake Berry, head of the Northern Research Group pressure group, said he won’t be standing to become leader, despite suggestions by some of his parliamentary colleagues. Leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat has made his first pitch to Scottish Tory members, stressing the need for “serious and tested leadership” for the party to be successful in Scotland. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy is threatening to “walk away” from Boris Johnson and Priti Patel’s plan to stem the number of boats carrying asylum seekers across the Channel as official data shows how spectacularly the policy has backfired.