The Latest Breaking News from Kit Malthouse

All thoughts will already turn to the next ballot on Tuesday, with Kemi Badenoch now the candidate with the lowest share of the vote.

Tom Tugendhat was eliminated from the contest after the third ballot.

Prime minister visits air show as UK swelters in extreme weather

Downing Street defended the PM's absence from the third crisis briefing in a row after he spent the morning at Farnborough Air Show, in Hampshire

The UK has a “difficult 48 hours coming”, Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse said

Penny Mordaunt has been accused of missing ministerial meetings because she was plotting her leadership bid.

Britain was on course for its hottest day on record on Monday with temperatures forecast to hit 40C for the first time, forcing train companies to cancel services, schools to close early and ministers to urge the public to stay at home. Much of Europe is baking in a heatwave…

Penny Mordaunt’s ministerial boss, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said colleagues had to pick up the pieces due to the trade minister’s absence

Chief meteorologist says extreme temperatures ‘entirely consistent’ with human-induced climate crisis