The Latest Breaking News from Penny Mordaunt

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,…

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

A Buckingham Palace guard suffering in the sun gets the picture editors’ attention, along with the prospect of more such heatwaves in the future

Rishi Sunak’s place in the final two looked increasingly secure on Monday evening.

“I will change the system. I will champion a brownfield building boom”

Mr Tugendhat received only 31 votes in the third round of the poll on Monday

When Suella Braverman was knocked out, she begged her supporters to rally behind Liz Truss – but Kemi Badenoch snapped up more, says Katy Balls, deputy political editor of the Spectator

Penny Mordaunt clung on to second place as the contest intensifies ahead of next poll on Tuesday

All thoughts will already turn to the next ballot on Tuesday, with Kemi Badenoch now the candidate with the lowest share of the vote.