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Many of the county's MPs have already chosen their preferred candidate

‘Possibly gone by Christmas’: Sunak supporters think Partygate probe would derail Johnson premiership

The Bolton East MP has revealed who he is backing

Find out which candidates have the most support from MPs and who is close to winning

Editorial: If parliament cannot produce a stable government, it’s time for the nation’s voters – not Tory party members – to pick a new prime minister

Portsmouth North residents air views on their MP and Liz Truss’s resignation

The former prime minister’s supporters may be shouting the loudest, but plenty of nervous MPs still won’t back him, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s deputy political editor

Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday, triggering the second Tory leadership contest this year

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt in the running to be next leader of the Conservatives

British minister Penny Mordaunt on Friday launched her bid to replace Liz Truss as prime minister, becoming the first Conservative lawmaker to formally announce they are running. Mordaunt, 49, has navigated the tenures of the four prime ministers she has served under, keeping her distance from Boris Johnson's scandal-ridden time…

LONDON: British former prime minister Boris Johnson's prospective return to Downing Street reads like a Shakespearean arc of redemption after a fall -- but critics see elements of farce.