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In today’s newsletter: As they try to find Rishi Sunak’s successor, the Tories need to decide what they stand for

Four MPs will be shortlisted before party conference, with Badenoch, Cleverly, Tugendhat and Patel current favourites

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

Keir Starmer’s government puts aside concerns over Modi government to reopen trade talks

It came after the former home secretary said the party could do better than being ‘a collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks’.

Damian Green and Steve Baker endorse shadow security minister as they seek to ‘transcend old divisions’

Among the loud political debate over the King’s Speech, the continuing drama from the US and the relationship setting at the European Political Community at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire today, there will be few column inches given to the Conservatives this week. Or next. Even the week after. Many reading…

The Conservative party is reeling from one of the biggest blows in its history after returning just 121 MPs in the recent election – a loss of 251 seats in the House of Commons.

Former home secretary expected to be competing against candidates including Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat

The ex-PM has said he would stand down from the helm of the Conservative Party once plans to elect the next leader are in place

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