James Heale

It was a curious farewell for Rishi Sunak this afternoon. The Tory leader has just finished his final speech to the party faithful before handing over the reins in five weeks time. Keen not to overshadow his four would-be successors, Sunak opted not to give the traditional Wednesday farewell speech to a seated audience of

There are noticeably less people here at Tory conference in Birmingham this week. But one former MP can still reliably pack in the punters. Despite losing her seat in July, the ‘Liz Truss show’ shows no sign of any drop in enthusiasm, with some 300 conference attendees packing out a lecture theatre for a blast

It was a curious farewell for Rishi Sunak this afternoon. The Tory leader has just finished his final speech to the party faithful before handing over the reins in five weeks time.

There are noticeably fewer people here at Tory conference in Birmingham this week. But one former MP can still reliably pack in the punters.

It has been a busy Conservative conference for Kemi Badenoch, whose comments on Sunday about maternity pay have dominated the last few days.

Tom Tugendhat missed his moment as he addressed Tory party conference delegates in his bid to win the leadership race

Jenrick suggested five tests for the future, with a key section of his speech focused on the need to leave the European Court of Human Rights.

With less than a week to go until MPs vote in the Tory leadership race, a row has blown up over an unlikely cause. A quarrel in a far away country is causing a rupture between the two men whom most colleagues think could be next to go out: Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly. Both

(Alamy) The United Kingdom will shortly be ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

The United Kingdom will shortly be ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.