Jacob Rees-Mogg talks on Chopper's Politics Podcast - Conservative party members should decide who is the next leader, rather than a stitch up between MPs in the House of Commons, Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.

The Business secretary said that returning Boris Johnson to 10 Downing St next week would calm the financial markets because it would mean that a general election does not need to be held until late 2024.

In an interview with this weekend's edition of Chopper's Politics podcast, Mr Rees-Mogg said he was against some sort of deal between Mr Johnson and his rivals Rishi Sunak or Penny Mordaunt to stop party members having a say.

Mr Rees-Mogg said: "I'm always in favour of the members deciding the leadership - I think is the right place for it to go. And I think the 1922 Committee and the Board of Tory Party have done really well to get it to a position where that can be done swiftly. I'm in favour of it going to the membership."

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