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Speaking to reporters outside his home, Sajid Javid says he is "uniquely placed" to deliver Brexit and defeat Labour at a general election.

The home secretary says he wants to secure a deal with the EU, but is clear that “if we got to end of October and the choice is between no deal or no Brexit, I’d pick no deal”.

He also dismisses the suggestion he us not a favourite in the race, saying it is “very early days in contest”.

"I’ll be making the case about how I see the future [and] my vision for our country," he adds.

The comments from the home secretary come after Boris Johnson pledged an income tax cut for those who earn more than £50,000 a year, by raising the point at which the 40% higher rate kicks in to £80,000.

You can read more about the plan - as well as the tax proposals of some other candidates - here.

In the strange process of electing a new Conservative leader, Judge Rinder and Lorraine Kelly today had cameo roles.

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First up, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been on the airwaves laying out his plan to get a renegotiated Brexit deal through Parliament by 31 October.

He says if he became PM, he would hold an immediate vote "in principle" in the Commons to get support for his strategy to alter the Irish border backstop plan.

“Once you have a majority in the House of Commons, things can move quickly”, he says.

He claims that a specific end-date to the backstop is negotiable, adding that the EU “nearly proposed” it before, but doubted Theresa May could get it through the Commons.

He says there is “no alternative” to leaving with a deal, calling the other options “much, much uglier”.

Yesterday saw the final ten candidates in the Tory leadership race confirmed.

Those leadership candidates will face the first ballot on 13 June.

Michael Gove, Matthew Hancock, Esther McVey and Dominic Raab launched their campaigns yesterday and today it's the turn of International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, former Leader of the House Andrea Leadsom and former Chief Whip Mark Harper.

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That's it from us for today. Here is a summary of what's been a rather frenetic day:

• The final ten candidates for the Tory leadership race have been confirmed
• These leadership hopefuls will now face the first ballot on 13 June
• Sam Gyimah, the only contender backing another referendum on Brexit, withdrew from the race saying there was not enough time to build support
• Michael Gove faced ongoing pressure after he admitted taking cocaine in the late 1990s before entering politics
• Frontrunner Boris Johnson promised to cut income tax bills for people earning more than £50,000 a year
• Sajid Javid received an endorsement from Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson
• Matt Hancock pledged to increase the national living wage to more than £10 an hour
• Esther McVey promised to give public sector workers at an event that was interrupted by a pro-Brexit heckler
• Dominic Raab unveiled plans to redirect £500m a year from the aid budget to create an international wildlife fund
• Jeremy Hunt has ruled out any changes to abortion law if he becomes PM as he launched his campaign

Mr Johnson is tonight reportedly addressing the 92 Group of Tory MPs, a rather obscure but quite influential group on the right of the party.

Here is what the Telegraph's Steven Swinford thinks he will be telling them.

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International Development Secretary Rory Stewart has described himself as the "anti-Boris" Johnson candidate.

"I think I am the only person who can beat him. We are facing a very, very fundamental choice," he said.

"That choice is between Boris's Brexit and my Brexit, between somebody who is attempting to out-Farage Farage and somebody like me who believes in the centre ground."

On Tuesday 18 June, BBC One will be hosting a live election debate between the Conservative MPs who are still in the race.

During the programme people across the country will have a chance to ask the candidates their questions.

Click here to find out how you can submit your question.

Sam Gyimah has told the BBC he wanted to run to become next Tory leader to broaden the conversation - especially around a further referendum.

The former leadership hopeful, who pulled out of the race just after nominations closed, said: "My purpose for entering the race was to make sure the ideas of millions of people on Brexit was brought to the fore.

"I will continue doing this outside of the process."

Asked whether the fact he had failed to secure the backing of eight MPs showed another public vote was not wanted by his party, he said: "There is actually a lot more support there [from MPs]... but by entering the race late, it meant a lot of them were already committed to other candidates."

My Gyimah added: "The big picture is whoever becomes prime minister will face the same problems Theresa May faced, and unless they change strategy, nothing will change.

"A second referendum will break the deadlock."

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Dominic Raab backer Maria Miller says her candidate has experience of negotiating deals and "a very clear plan" to take the UK out of the EU.

He has "a clear vision for how we move our country forward - including a social mobility plan," she adds.