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James Cleverly wins backing of former rival in Tory leadership race

Former leadership candidate Mel Stride has come out in support of James Cleverly to take over from Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

James Cleverly overtakes Robert Jenrick in Tory leadership race, new post-conference survey suggests

Mr Cleverly has stormed to second place in a survey of party members

The Independent UK

Confused and conflicted: Tory party’s future hangs in the balance after divided conference

The four leadership candidates strutted around Birmingham last week like celebrities, but members seem unimpressed – and MPs think whoever wins might not even last until the next election. How do the Conservatives move forward?

The Guardian - UK

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Inside the wealthy donors bankrolling the Tory leadership candidates

WHOEVER is installed as the new Tory leader on November 2nd will have wealthy donors to thank for it ...

The National (Scotland)

Assisted dying supporters court Tories to bolster cross-party appeal

After all four would-be leaders spoke against law change, both sides seek to sway waverers

The Guardian - UK

Who will be the next Conservative leader? The four frontrunners from Robert Jenrick to Kemi Badenoch

Although the race was announced on 5 July, the leader will not be revealed until early November

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 Independent UK

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‘The night of the living dead’: denial-fuelled Tory conference ends without direction

Delusion and short-term relief brought a strange buzz to Birmingham, with the leadership race still wide open

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly condemns Chagos Islands deal - despite being the one who initiated talks

After a barnstorming conference, which catapulted Mr Cleverly to second favourite in the Tory leadership contest, the Chagos Islands news threatens to derail his momentum

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch puts Tory leadership bid back on track in final round of speeches

James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch gave their final pitches to be Tory leader

The Independent UK

The Tories’ Fearless Four battle on to the end. Alas, that’s just the beginning

By the end of the candidates’ conference speeches, the audience was screaming to be let out. Even before the national anthem

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly musters the Tory faithful after Robert Jenrick shoots himself in foot

COMMENTARY: Would-be leaders were trying to emulate David Cameron’s success in winning over the rank and file in 2005

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership contender defends visas for health workers and accuses rivals of not being honest on migration

Solving immigration is ‘about visas, not about foreign courts’, Tom Tugendhat said

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Cleverly’s leadership bid gathers pace as he calls on Tories to be ‘more normal’

Former home secretary seeks to capitalise on tumultuous few days for his rivals in Conservative conference speech

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch: I'd 'reprogramme' devolution as Tory leader

TORY leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has suggested she would make major changes to the devolution settlement should she win the role and one day…

The Independent UK

4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party have taken turns to argue why they have what it takes to lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat

Evening Standard

Peter Andre dances with ex-cabinet minister during performance at Conservative Party conference

The singer joked the Tories had tried to “book Robbie Williams but he wouldn’t come” before launching into his set

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The Independent UK

Watch: Conservative Party leadership candidates appeal to members on final day of conference

Watch again as the Conservative Party's leadership contest candidates spoke to members on the final day of the party conference on Wednesday, 2 October.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer tells Brussels press conference it was ‘right’ for him to repay £6,000 worth of gifts – as it happened

Announcement that PM is returning gifts comes after news Labour peer Lord Alli is under investigation by Lords commissioner

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch, Cleverly, Jenrick, Tugendhat: four ways for the Tories to reach the same wilderness

Each behaves as if they are vying to be PM when the reality is years in opposition, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Independent UK

Tory contenders dip into Blair’s playbook with ‘New Conservative Party’ revamp plan

Just as Tony Blair invented ‘New Labour’ to take his party back to power, two of the four Tory leadership candidates will today explain why a ‘New Conservative Party’ is needed

The Guardian - UK

Is this the Tory leadership race or the seventh circle of hell?

The woeful standard of wannabe leaders – KemiKaze, Jimmy Dimly, Honest Bob – proves the Tories’ masochistic need to be abused

Evening Standard

OPINION - Robert Jenrick is creeping ahead of Kemi Badenoch, but foot-in-mouth syndrome is catching in the Tory leadership race

Roll up for the “Dancing on Ice” tournament visiting Birmingham this week — a feast of flashy pirouettes, slippery falls, arguments about the scoreboard — and the odd Tonya Harding-style conspiracy over whispering campaigns and attacks on rivals.

The National (Scotland)

Robert Jenrick defends UK special forces 'killing people' claim

ROBERT Jenrick has doubled down on his claim UK special forces are “killing rather than capturing terrorists” after a Conservative Party…

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