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How low will a Tory go in order to stand out?

Kemi Badenoch is hellbent on distinguishing herself in the battle to lead the Conservatives, but even she seems to realise how futile it all is

The Guardian - UK

Whoever becomes the next Tory leader shouldn’t assume they’ll be safe in the job

If there’s a star among the four candidates, who this week will be winnowed down to two, they are keeping it well disguised

The Guardian - 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

‘They have him by the balls’: senior Tories warn Robert Jenrick will be at mercy of ‘Braverman right’ as leader

Party figures say frontrunner will be brought down by the right if he tries to move to more moderate ground

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Fibs and failures in the Tory party and beyond

Letters: Jeremy Cushing on the lies that politicians are forced to tell, David Diprose on a catalogue of failure in British political leadership, plus letters on Kemi Badenoch and Liz Truss

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves dyes her hair red

The chancellor of the exchequer’s signature power bob has gone copper

Evening Standard

‘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

What 4 mothers wish they knew about maternity leave before they took it

“I found it really hard to have to ask my husband for money.”

Marie Claire

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

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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…

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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

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

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 Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch says Britain must not be ‘a sponge for migrants’

Badenoch takes hard line stance on migration to try to get leadership challenge back on track

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

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