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Prospective contenders Badenoch, Braverman, Jenrick and Mordaunt abstained or voted against the ban

Rishi Sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstain

“Stop messing around” was Kemi Badenoch’s forthright advice to desperate Tory backbenchers, flirting with a Hail Mary leader switch before the election. The ex-defence secretary, Ben Wallace, who speaks as if addressing a slightly dim Army platoon, put the same thought just more pessimistically, as he urged colleagues to set…

The former Defence Secretary told the Tories to ‘get on with it’

With continuing talk of a leadership challenge, PM and business secretary have little to say at stage-managed praise-filled event

Should Australia drop Mitchell Starc? It doesn't matter whether you hold strong views on the fast bowler's inability to take wickets with the old ball, or whether you've never heard of the bloke. The real question is this: would his replacement be better or worse?

The PM’s delay in branding the donor’s outburst as racist has added to disquiet among some Tory MPs over his leadership

Former defence secretary tells colleagues there is no alternative to Rishi Sunak and to ‘get on with’ preparing for an election

Business secretary dismisses reports of plot and rejects calls for her party to return donations from Frank Hester