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The five candidates left standing in the race have traded personal barbs but little in the way of policy promises ahead of a second head-to-head tv debate.

Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt have both ruled out leaving the European Convention on Human Rights - drawn up after the Second World War. But other Tory leadership candidates are harder to pin down

Intelligent Conservatives must surely know that they should soon change course before their retrograde, fanatical party collides with the rocks, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Tory leadership contender tried to get back on the front foot, saying he'd task a new Brexit department to review 2,400 laws and come up with initial recommendations for "each" of them in 100 days

It was not immediately clear if Tom Tugendhat's promise to expand the HS2 track all the way to Scotland - when currently it will end in the East Midlands and Manchester - was a slip of the tongue

The candidates to become the next British prime minister burnished their right-wing credentials Sunday, as they looked to remain in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. Many of the five remaining hopefuls highlighted issues linked to Brexit and immigration as they attempted to woo fellow Conservative lawmakers ahead of a…

TORY leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt has said the question of Scottish independence is "settled" and she would never allow another…

Deputy PM launches broadside against foreign secretary as Conservative MPs prepare to vote to narrow field

The leadership frontrunner is refusing to say what cost of living help she will announce this Autumn, but wants Tory members to make her the next Prime Minister

The Tory leadership hopeful denied leaked documents show she pursued a policy of self-ID for people seeking to legally change gender.

TORY leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt has faced heavy criticism as it was revealed she accepted a £20,000 donation from the trustee of a climate…