May Leadership: 28 Letters Known; 48 Needed for a Challenge

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At least 2 Conservative MPs have publicly said they’ve submitted letters of no confidence in U.K. PM Theresa May since the govt pulled the vote on the Brexit deal on Monday.

That brings the tally of known letters to 28, up fromBloomberg Terminal 22 in Nov. when it was last speculated that rebel Tories had reached the threshold of 48 letters that are needed to trigger a party leadership contest.