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Defence secretary says MPs must give the PM space as Tory figures appear to be vying for leadership

Speculation PM could call election to forestall possible leadership challenge has its own momentum despite No 10 dismissals

Labour lead would soar to 24 points if Kemi Badenoch or Suella Braverman became leader according to Opinium poll

Millions of women born in the 1950s are furious about not being told in a timely way about the rising state pension age

“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…

Allies of Commons leader say other future candidates for top job are trying to make her look disloyal

Claims of a leadership bid are ‘bonkers’, say Penny Mordaunt’s allies. But so too is staying silent while the PM stumbles towards an election, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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?

Two prime ministers in the space of two years may be a disagreeable necessity. Three starts to look like Italy. But four? Four! The very possibility that the Tory party, even given its well-known ruthlessness, may present the nation with another unelected leader before the election is, in the words…