The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

Robert Jenrick vowed to put ministers back in charge of judicial appointments, claiming the system had allowed ‘political activists’ on to the bench.

In today’s newsletter: It used to be that the far right were set apart from polite society, but it’s easy to find views once seen as extreme on Facebook today. And frontbench politicians are taking note

The 51-year-old’s case was backed by free speech campaigners, who paid for his legal costs.

Birmingham's ban on local flag displays has sparked a nationwide debate over patriotism, identity, and what it really means to belong in modern England.

Rivals lurk in the aisles at sparsely attended conference at which the party leader ignores the threat from Reform

NEWS ANALYSIS: After the Tories looked dead and buried in Manchester and Jenrick looked ready to take over as leader, Kemi Badenoch produced a speech which has breathed life into her party and leadership, says David Maddox

Editorial: The Conservative leader offers no insight into her party’s past failure and no original ideas that might make it relevant to Britain’s future

Letters: Shuranjeet Singh points out that it was the Tories who threw his neighbourhood into neglect, while Edward Lindon fears the MP is sowing the seeds for tomorrow’s bumper crop of racial hatred and misery. Plus letters from Warwick Hillman, Janet Walmsley and Darryl Telles

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK