He is one of 11 candidates seeking to replace Theresa May as Tory leader and prime minister. “I would offer to pay for the new alternative arrangements on the Border, it would be in the hundreds of million. Mr Javid’s campaign received a boost with an endorsement from Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson. Ms Davidson’s decision to back Mr Javid came as he set out his own plan to tackle the Irish border issue — by spending hundreds of millions on a technological solution. As Theresa May resigned as Tory leader on Friday, the starting gun was fired for the race to replace her.

Source: The Irish Times June 09, 2019 07:27 UTC