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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

New Tory leader must make sure party focuses on its traditional base, says chair

Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch, Tom Tugendhat
Conservative leadership candidates (L- R) Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat. Photograph: Getty Images

The new Conservative leader must make sure the party focuses on its traditional base rather than just chasing voters who defected to the likes of Reform, its chair has said before the Tories’ first conference since their crushing election defeat.

Richard Fuller, the North Bedfordshire MP, who has served as interim chair since the election, will announce details of a review of the loss at the gathering in Birmingham, as well as structural changes to start modernising the party.

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