The Latest Breaking News from Conservative Party

Sir Graham Brady, Altrincham and Sale West MP who chairs the 1922 committee, announced the schedule this evening.

Councillor Neil McLennan has stepped aside from the Conservatives over poor behaviour in the party and will sit as an independent.

Conservatives vying to replace Boris Johnson have engaged in a bidding war of proposals to win support.

Penny Mordaunt is currently the Leader of the House of the Commons but has previously been in competition for Tory leadership

Suella Braverman promised to cut taxes and reduce government spending as part of her Tory leadership pitch

Conservative MP Chris Skidmore warns his party has ‘two weeks’ to save the target.

Eleven candidates have put themselves forward but he won't be one of them

Promises of tax cuts from candidates to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose another inflationary risk which could pressure the Bank of England to raise interest rates more aggressively, cancelling out any potential boost to the economy.

Five days into the contest, the candidates to be the next Conservative prime minister have already offered £235 billion in tax cuts. None of them have begun to suggest how they would pay for them. Yet on they go, blithely playing to the gallery of Tory members, making promises that are…