Edwin Poots ‘greatly encouraged’ by MLAs and MP supporting his leadership bid

Edwin Poots (Liam McBurney/PA)

Stormont’s Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots said he has been “greatly encouraged” by the number of people who have come forward in support of his bid to become leader of the DUP.

Mr Poots’s comments come after a number of DUP politicians backed him for the party leadership in a series of videos posted on his account on Friday evening.