OSBORNE BACKS AMBER FOR LEADER

What next for George Osborne? a profile of the ex-Chancellor-turned-novice-editor in GQ magazine says his priority is to help home Secretary amber Rudd, a prominent Remainer, become the next tory leader. It says the pair have been allies since he appointed her as his parliamentary private secretary in 2012 and he has ‘repeatedly talked her up’ in comment articles in his newspaper, the London Evening Standard. as for Osborne, GQ suggests he is not finished with politics and could stand for election as London Mayor in 2020.