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Candidates for next prime minister reduced to three ahead of final MPs’ vote on Wednesday

Foreign secretary says she would up defence budget to 3% of GDP by 2030 and rethink size of armed forces

‘Anti-woke’ Tory favourite made an impression during party leadership debates

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and faces uphill battle to displace favourites Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has consolidated his status as frontrunner in the parliamentary stage of the contest.

What job did the candidates do before they became an MP, where were they educated, and who were their parents?

It is generally assumed that the best candidates for the job of prime minister are people who have considerable experience of top-level politics. Ideally, this experience would involve having served in the cabinet and in particular, having occupied one of the “great offices of state” – chancellor of the exchequer,…

UK workers are suffering 'the worst pay squeeze in modern history' after regular wages plunged 2.8% compared to inflation - outstripping the last financial crash

With this litany of complaints about the party that's been in power for 12 years, it's no wonder the Tory leadership candidates didn't want to debate each other tonight