Ex-work and pensions secretary becomes second casualty of contest, leaving four MPs vying to succeed Rishi SunakMel Stride has been knocked out of the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative party leader after Robert Jenrick...
Read MoreConservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the Tories. This live blog is closedFull story: MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons voteKeir...
Read MoreConservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the ToriesFull story: MPs back cuts to winter fuel payments in Commons voteKeir Starmer is about to give...
Read MoreThe shadow home secretary’s allies say his charm and lack of political enemies could win him cross-party supportAllies of James Cleverly believe his “likability factor” will now hand him a serious chance of...
Read MoreJenrick raises £250,000 in funds and leads the votes ahead of Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat Robert Jenrick is outgunning his Tory leadership rivals with big donors after raking in £250,000 by the...
Read MoreFormer home secretary got two fewer votes than Mel Stride, while Robert Jenrick leads race to succeed Rishi SunakRobert Jenrick is leading the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative party leader after a first round of MP...
Read MoreFormer security minister promises a ‘revolution’ if elected leader and apologises for ‘recent political trauma’Tom Tugendhat has said that people will “never vote for a party that they’ve...
Read MoreLouise Haigh speaks out after figures showed a 50% increase in incidents in the last two yearsPatrick Butler is the Guardian’s social policy editor, and he has this story of social media getting the RSPB into hot water:The...
Read MoreMel Stride criticises billionaire for sharing fake story about sending people to Falklands and his claim that the UK was set for civil warBritain’s annual inflation rate rose to 2.2% last month – its first increase...
Read MoreVeteran Conservatives on the party’s liberal wing have criticised the rightwards shift by some senior figures• Tim Kirkhope: The Conservative party has shifted too far to the right. We must fight for the centre...
Read MoreLeadership contender says the Conservatives need to recover to ensure Britain does not lurch into ‘negativity and division’Progressive voters who oppose the Conservatives should still want the party to recover to...
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