New justice secretary preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease overcrowding crisis in jails

Without a timetable for the leadership race, the current uneasy truce might hold for a while, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s political editor

Bob Blackman, picked as the 1922 Committee chair, will play a major role in shaping the contest to replace Rishi sunak

People held before planned removal from UK under sunak government face disruption and relocation after release

 

Shadow housing secretary reportedly ’ripped into’ former prime minister despite his apology

Election of Bob Blackman ignites Tory civil war over fears race to replace Rishi sunak is being manipulated

Former PM takes up place on opposition benches and says he looks forward to continuing to represent Richmond and Northallerton

Rishi sunak gave a gracious first speech to parliament as the leader of the opposition in the House of Commons on Tuesday (9 July). Mr sunak started his speech by congratulating Sir Keir Starmer on his general election victory. The Conservative leade ...

Sir Tony Blair has blasted the lack of focus on real issues during the general election campaign. The former prime minister appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning (9 July) to discuss why the UK should “fully embrace” artif ...

 

Andrew Mitchell becomes shadow foreign secretary and Kemi Badenoch moves to communities in new lineup

 

Removal vans were spotted outside 10 Downing Street on Monday 8 July, following the Labour landslide in the general election. Former prime minister Rishi sunak addressed the nation from No 10 for the final time last Friday, before Sir Keir Starmer to ...

Braverman dubbed leadership race a ‘fight for the soul’ of Tory party even ahead of general election defeat

The former home secretary’s expected campaign to take over from Rishi sunak has been dealt an early blow as Danny Kruger is set to support Robert Jenrick if he runs

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has today (Sunday 7 July) detailed the new border control policy the Labour government is set to implement after scrapping the controversial Rwanda Bill. Saying “nobody should be making these boat crossings”, Ms Coope ...

Yvette Cooper said the new body, set to include MI5, would tackle the root cause of the small boats crisis ‘going after these dangerous criminals and bringing them to justice’

Sir Keir Starmer has now moved into Number 10

Initial Brexit success was undone by poor strategy and repeated unforced errors, say expert observers