chief superintendent martyn parker from licking —— lincolnshire police.gn trail today. former tory leadership contender tom tugendhat has become the latest senior conservative to back liz truss in the race to become prime minister. mr tugendhat, who was knocked out in fifth place, said the foreign secretary could unite the party. in the contest to replace borisjohnson, ms truss is now seen as the frontrunner. more from our political correspondent, ione wells. the general consensus from both sides is that either she would need some big blow to the campaign or rishi sunak would need an incredible boost, really, to bring him back at this stage. now, in terms of, as you say, the endorsement that we've had last night from tom tugendhat and why that's significant — perhaps less so the endorsement itself, remember that at the moment it's not really mps that matter right now, it's the tory party members. but i think why it's significant is the fact that he's decided to come out now and support her shows that people like him think that's where the momentum is. it'