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Conservative Party Leadership Race Heats Up In Birmingham

Four contenders vie for Conservative Party leadership post-election loss, facing challenges and lukewarm public interest in Birmingham conference.

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Watch: Conservative Party leadership candidates appeal to members on final day of conference

Watch again as the Conservative Party's leadership contest candidates spoke to members on the final day of the party conference on Wednesday, 2 October.

The Independent UK

Tory contenders dip into Blair’s playbook with ‘New Conservative Party’ revamp plan

Just as Tony Blair invented ‘New Labour’ to take his party back to power, two of the four Tory leadership candidates will today explain why a ‘New Conservative Party’ is needed

The Independent UK

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OPINION - The vibes at Conservative Party Conference are good – but likely to shift

Vibes-based analysis is seeminglyall the rage these days. And it can be instructive. You learn lots about how people are feeling (or, at least, claim to be feeling) and that is a valuable metric. But vibes can be misleading and that is before they eventually – and famously – shift.

Evening Standard

Robert Jenrick defends UK special forces 'killing people' claim

ROBERT Jenrick has doubled down on his claim UK special forces are “killing rather than capturing terrorists” after a Conservative Party…

The National (Scotland)

Tory leadership candidates lurch to right as they jostle for centre stage in bid to win over party faithful

Day two of the Tory conference saw the four leadership candidates abandon Britain’s centre ground of politics and swing heavily to the right in a bid to win over the party faithful

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch praises Israel for 'that amazing thing with the pagers'

THE Conservative Party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has praised Israel's weaponisation of pagers, which killed 37 people, including children,…

The National (Scotland)

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Fake tan, friendship beads and Bobby J hats: Leadership candidates’ merchandise handed out to win over Tories

News analysis: While freebies and gifts have left Keir Starmer and his new government under scrutiny, Tory leadership candidates have not been able to give merchandise away quickly enough. Here is what it says about each of the four candidates

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch to be interviewed at Tory party conference – how to watch

TORY leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat will take to the stage at the Conservative Party conference this afternoon...

The National (Scotland)

‘Hugely significant’: Who’s in the race to become UK Conservatives leader?

Four candidates hope to rule over the party trying to recover from historic electoral blow. Who are they?

Al Jazeera

James Cleverly favourite Tory leadership candidate among British public, new poll shows

Polling comes on the first day of Conservative Party’s annual conference, which will see leadership candidates fight for support of members

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch sparks Tory leadership row after ‘excessive’ maternity pay remarks

Tory leadership contender has caused consternation at the party conference after claiming the government was doing ‘too much’ on statutory maternity pay, before backtracking

The Independent UK

Israel should be ‘congratulated’ for Hassan Nasrallah assassination, Kemi Badenoch says

The Tory leadership hopeful said killing of Hezbollah chief would ‘create more peace in the Middle East’

The Independent UK

Tories facing ‘dire’ finances as businesses and donors switch to Farage and Starmer

Exclusive: Concerns are being raised about the financial health of the Conservative Party ahead of a crucial conference in Birmingham this week

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Tory Party conference: John Rentoul answers your questions – from the next leader to winning back voters

With a leadership contest looming and the Conservatives facing tough decisions on the party’s strategy, join John Rentoul, The Independent’s chief political commentator, for a live Q&A

Al Jazeera

Sayeeda Warsi quits Conservatives over UK party’s lurch to ‘far right’

Former co-chair criticises party’s ‘hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities’.

The National (Scotland)

Prominent Tory peer resigns from party over 'how far right' it has moved

A PROMINENT Tory peer has resigned from the party over how far it has moved to the right.

Al Jazeera

Canada’s Trudeau survives no-confidence vote in latest test for his gov’t

No-confidence motion fails to pass in House of Commons, but Justin Trudeau faces more challenges ahead.

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The Walrus

It’s Hard to Tell What Poilievre Makes of the World

Besides being anti China, the Conservatives have been largely silent on their foreign policy

The Independent UK

Who will be the next Oxford University chancellor? The frontrunners – and the ‘anti-woke’ outsider

Around 250,000 university staff and alumni will vote in the election next month after the current chancellor, Chris Patten, announced his retirement

The Independent UK

4 candidates remain in the race to lead the UK's Conservative Party

British lawmaker Mel Stride became the second candidate to be kicked out of the Conservative Party leadership contest

Evening Standard

Priti Patel knocked out in the first round of Tory leadership race as Robert Jenrick wins first ballot

Conservative Party members will make the final choice of new leader from a shortlist of two

The Independent UK

Watch: Tom Tugendhat promises ‘reset’ as he launches Conservative Party leadership campaign

Watch as Tom Tugendhat launches his Conservative Party leadership campaign in central London on Tuesday 3 September.

The Independent UK

Tory councillor’s wife admits stirring up racial hatred after calling for migrant hotels to ‘burn’

Lucy Connolly admitted publishing inflammatory social media post on day of Southport stabbings

Evening Standard

OPINION - Merge with Reform? Move to the centre? Tory members don't know what to do

Write to your MP, volunteer at your local food bank, even run for office. There are many ways to be civically engaged in the 21st century. But for the last 14 years, if you really wanted to make a difference, all you needed to do was join the Tories.

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