Mel Stride offered a four-word response when asked why he should be the next Conservative Party leader. The former work and pensions secretary has become the fourth MP to announce they are joining the race for the Tory leadership. He told BBC Breakfa ...

After a catastrophic defeat the party has kicked off its own election - to pick rishi Sunak’s successor

rishi Sunak opened his first prime minister’s questions as leader of the opposition with a joke about his inability to win. The former prime minister, who lost a leadership election to Liz Truss, several local elections, and last month’s g ...

Zarah Sultana, one of seven from Labour left suspended over rebellion, says there is ‘moral imperative’ to scrap two-child benefit cap

The Tories will kickstart a three-month leadership contest to replace rishi Sunak this week

James Cleverly paid tribute to his parents in a video announcing that he is running to be the next leader of the Conservative Party. The shadow home secretary recalled his childhood in south east London, and spoke of how his mother was a midwife in t ...

Editorial: Since 1900, only four Tory leaders have not gone on to become prime minister. rishi Sunak’s successor is likely to become the fifth

Four people who protested on roof of ex-PM’s Yorkshire home accused of criminal damage costing £2,938 to repair

James Cleverly has hinted that he will launch a Tory leadership bid. The shadow home secretary was quizzed on whether he will run for the job, as nominations for rishi Sunak’s replacement open tomorrow (24 July). Appearing on Good Morning Britain o ...

The National Audit Office (NAO) laid bare the cost of Mr Sunak’s decision to scrap phase 2 of the high-speed rail plan, first revealed by The Independent last September

Britain’s defeated Conservatives will spend more than three months picking a new leader to replace former Prime Minister rishi Sunak, the party has announced

Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Priti Patel are all expected to compete to replace rishi Sunak

CCC says delays and reverses under rishi Sunak have left UK drastically off track from Paris commitments

Conservative Party leader rishi Sunak made a joke about how he became prime minister and lost the general election, as he responded to the King’s speech. The former prime minister, offering advice to MPs tipped with a bright future, joked in the Co ...

Sir Keir Starmer and rishi Sunak were seen laughing together as they walked through the Houses of Parliament together during the state opening on Wednesday, 17 July. The Speech on the Throne, delivered by King Charles III, came just weeks after Labou ...

There will be more than 35 bills introduced in the Labour leader’s speech, from workers’ rights to housing targets

Exclusive: leaked letters said without urgent action the system in England and Wales would reach ‘critical failure’

Prime minister was warned that the situation had become unsustainable

Shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell said it is important to ‘run the leadership contest long’ to ensure leadership candidates ‘come under scrutiny’

Andrew Mitchell told The Times that there was ‘widespread sympathy and respect’ for rishi Sunak at the 1922 Committee meeting