TORY leader hopefuls Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid are openly campaigning against Theresa May.

They set out their stall as rebels claimed to be ready to trigger a vote of no-confidence in the PM.

2 Boris Johnson has begun openly campaigning to replace Theresa May Credit: PA:Press Association

Home Secretary Mr Javid and BoJo are interviewed in today’s issue of pro-Tory magazine The Spectator.

Mr Javid, the son of a bus driver, boasts of his rise to be vice-president of a major bank aged 25 and Cabinet minister at 48.

He declares the party needs to reflect this “bigger picture” of social mobility.

Mr Javid said: “I want Britain to be that kind of opportunity society where the Government is your friend, working with you, enabling. Rather than holding you back, intentionally or not.”

2 Sajid Javid has boasted in the interview about his rise from the son of a bus driver to vice-president of a bank Credit: PA:Press Association

And Mr Johnson signals he is shaping up for a leadership contest by revealing he has shed 12 pounds in just a fortnight.

He writes in this week’s edition: “My sight is keener, the days seem longer and more full of interest.

“If things go on like this, I could be less than 15 stone by Christmas — for the first time since university.”

He calls on allies to ditch Mrs May’s hated Brexit deal and “launch us on a nimbler, lither and more dynamic future”.

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Last night Mrs May brushed aside speculation of an impending vote of no confidence.

Asked whether she had been told the threshold of 48 letters had been reached, the PM replied: “No, I have been here in Europe dealing with the issue I have promised Parliament I would be dealing with.”

THE Home Office has reversed a decision to suspend visas for the super-rich after just five days. Cabinet ministers refused to back the plan — announced by Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes last week. The Home Office said: “The Tier 1 (Investor) visa is not currently suspended.”

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