Final two candidates answer questions on day ballots were sent to around 60,000 Conservative party members More from the work and pensions secretary, Thérèse Coffey, …
Tory leadership hopeful outlines plan that includes replacing failing academies with ‘new wave of free schools’ Liz Truss has pitched herself as the “education prime …
Defence secretary says Tory leadership hopeful recognises need for proper defence funding Labour former shadow chancellor John McDonnell was at the CWU picket line this …
Institute for Government says morale low, expertise on Russia lacking, and merger with DfID has not worked The Foreign Office has not regained its footing …
Exclusive: Equalities committee chair Caroline Nokes joins international outcry after UK dilutes commitment to women’s rights without consultation A senior Conservative MP has asked the …
Mick Lynch has called Liz Truss a “right-wing fundamentalist”, predicting that she would be one of the “most extreme” prime ministers Britain has ever had …
TalkTV’s Conservative Party leadership debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss was abruptly dumped off air after its presenter fainted during the live broadcast on …
Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding
Two leadership candidates appeal to right of Conservative party with pledges charities say are cruel Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have pledged to dramatically expand …
Chris Patten, Norman Lamont and Malcolm Rifkind warn former PM would never have approved borrowing to fund £30bn cuts Tory grandees who served in Margaret …
It’s green, affluent and has a school long-renouned for excellence – so residents are astonished Conservative leadership candidate has continually castigated area she spent her …
Analysis: in the most unpredictable leadership race in years, MPs’ vote was closer than final two would have liked Politics live: latest updates The campaign …
Former Goldman Sachs analyst and pandemic chancellor is up against one-time accountant turned foreign secretary Education Winchester College. Philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford university. …
Former Brexit minister also attacks Penny Mordaunt, accusing her of being ‘absent on parade’ in Brexit talks The former Brexit minister David Frost has urged …
Foreign secretary forced to regroup after trailing behind Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt after first round ballot Tory leadership: live updates Liz Truss will seek …
Latest updates: two prominent Boris Johnson supporters come out to back foreign secretary Labour to call for no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson Jacob Rees-Mogg, the …
Cabinet trio add names to increasingly crowded field of candidates to replace Boris Johnson A trio of cabinet ministers declared they were running for the …
Foreign secretary’s retreat from Indonesia summit and potential showdown with Russia may concern allies Boris Johnson resigns – latest live updates Liz Truss has cut …