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The Latest Breaking News from the Conservative Party

Rishi Sunak keen to remain MP after jetting-off jibes, insist friends

Former PM wants to prove a point by staying the course, but other Tories said to be mulling their own early exit

The Guardian - UK

New Conservative Party leader to be crowned as Jenrick and Badenoch await outcome

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be crowned as the new Conservative Party leader on Saturday.

Evening Standard

New Conservative Party leader to be crowned

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be crowned as the new Conservative Party leader on Saturday.

The Independent UK

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Voices: ‘The new Thatcher or the new Truss?’ 10 of your burning Tory leadership questions answered

ASK ME ANYTHING: In this exclusive Q&A session, The Independent’s political commentator Andrew Grice addresses key dynamics in the Tory leadership race, and what we can expect when Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick takes the helm

The Independent UK

Government urged to do right thing and reverse ‘family farm tax’

The Government is restricting the generosity of agricultural relief in a bid to make the inheritance tax system ‘fairer’.

Evening Standard

UK’s Labour just unveiled its first budget in 14 years – what is in it and will it work?

Chancellor’s solutions to improving economy and public services will be a radical change for country

The Guardian - UK

What is the history of newspaper endorsements and can they swing elections?

The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are at the centre of a heated debate about endorsement and press freedom.

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OPINION - Nimco Ali: It has to be Kemi Badenoch for Tory leader, not lobotomised, hard-Right Robert Jenrick

I have known Kemi Badenoch for a while — I met her at an Evening Standard event in 2017 — and the picture we took at that event recently popped up on my social media memories and I took a moment to think: could I ever have imagined that seven…

Evening Standard

Fact check: Image of Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been manipulated

The Conservative Party shared a doctored photograph of the Chancellor.

Evening Standard

Tony Blair: Why there has to be compromise to end the Ukraine war

Sir Tony Blair discusses peace-making, Brexit and Keir Starmer’s premiership in wide-ranging London Standard interview

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt claims Labour changing debt definition will ‘punish families with mortgages’ – as it happened

Former chancellor says ‘increasing borrowing means interest rates would be higher for longer’ as Reeves says it will ‘make space for investment’

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the Conservative party: in the race to be Tory leader, the candidates ignore Britain’s pressing issues

Neither Robert Jenrick nor Kemi Badenoch have said much about the economic state the country was left in

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch claims Tory Party could cease to exist if Robert Jenrick wins leadership race

Kemi Badenoch warned her opponent risked reopening post-Brexit divides in the UK with his ‘Leave versus Remain’ framing of the debate about the European Convention on Human Rights

The Independent UK

Jenrick denies privately telling Tory MPs he would pivot back to centre if he became leader – as it happened

Tory leadership also suggests it was a mistake for him to order murals at a children’s asylum centre to be painted over

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Jenrick suggests he regrets removing Disney murals from asylum-seeker centre

Conservative leadership candidate says he would not do it again in apparent pitch to centre of party

The Independent UK

Tory leadership battle intensifies as Jenrick denies plans to return to centre if elected

Former immigration minister says briefing he plans to row back on rhetoric if he wins contest are untrue

The Guardian - UK

Tories shocked at Cleverly exit while Labour MP says Badenoch-Jenrick contest is a ‘gift’ – as it happened

Audible gasps as apparent frontrunner is eliminated while political rivals are gleeful

The Guardian - UK

Cleverly, Badenoch and Jenrick stay in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat knocked out – as it happened

Trio face one more round of voting by MPs before party members have their say on final two

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The Conversation

Can Kemi Badenoch claim to have ‘become working class’ while working in McDonald’s – and why would she want to?

Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch recently caused controversy by claiming that while she was born to a middle-class family, she “became working class” when working in McDonald’s to earn money while she was in college. In fairness to Badenoch, having a diversity of experience is an admirable attribute for an MP…

The National (Scotland)

Billionaire family linked to trade union blacklisting bankrolling Scottish Tories

A BILLIONAIRE family once headed by a key player in an operation which blacklisted trade unionists and others from employment is bankrolling the…

The Independent UK

Independent readers give their verdict on the Tory leadership race

Some readers called for the Conservatives to return to the centre ground – while others raised fears over ‘Maga-style rhetoric’

The Guardian - UK

After the ‘Tory idol’ speeches, who most looks like a leader in waiting? Our panel passes judgment

All four have generated media headlines, but the winner will be whoever most impresses party members, at conference and at home

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Conservative Party Leadership Race Heats Up In Birmingham

Four contenders vie for Conservative Party leadership post-election loss, facing challenges and lukewarm public interest in Birmingham conference.

The Independent UK

James Cleverly refuses to disown Truss tax chaos three times

The Tory leadership contender declined to distance himself from Liz Truss’ disastrous economic policies

The Conversation

Kemi Badenoch questions maternity pay – here’s what new mothers are actually entitled to

Kemi Badenoch, a contender for leadership of the Conservative party, has sparked a debate on maternity pay, stating that the allowance in the UK is “excessive”.

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