Key critic Tobias Ellwood tells PM ‘a lot of work to be done’ with change of direction needed by party conference in early October

Rebel Conservatives have given Boris Johnson until the party conference to change direction or they warn rules could be altered to allow another challenge, as Dominic Raab said the “democratic result” of the vote should be respected.

Johnson lost the confidence of 41% of his MPs in a vote on his leadership on Monday night, after weeks of anger at lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and fears the party’s direction is causing a slump at the polls.

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