The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

It is generally assumed that the best candidates for the job of prime minister are people who have considerable experience of top-level politics. Ideally, this experience would involve having served in the cabinet and in particular, having occupied one of the “great offices of state” – chancellor of the exchequer,…

UK workers are suffering 'the worst pay squeeze in modern history' after regular wages plunged 2.8% compared to inflation - outstripping the last financial crash

Rishi Sunak’s place in the final two looked increasingly secure on Monday evening.

The 1976 heatwave does not even make it into Britain's top 10 hottest days, with nine recorded since then and the record for the highest temperature expected to be broken tomorrow

“I will change the system. I will champion a brownfield building boom”

Mr Tugendhat received only 31 votes in the third round of the poll on Monday

When Suella Braverman was knocked out, she begged her supporters to rally behind Liz Truss – but Kemi Badenoch snapped up more, says Katy Balls, deputy political editor of the Spectator

Penny Mordaunt clung on to second place as the contest intensifies ahead of next poll on Tuesday

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