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Analysis: missteps mean he trails Liz Truss in polls, and he will need to sell himself as a safer electoral bet

Fans of Liz Truss think she is the new Iron Lady. Britain’s foreign secretary is one of the two final contenders to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Some 180,000 party members will be asked to choose either Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, with…

Nominations for the 11 Tory leadership contenders are expected to open on Tuesday, with MPs voting in the first round later in the week. Analysts anticipate that Boris Johnson’s successor in Downing Street will inherit a poisoned chalice. Topping the list of problems, the cost of living crisis vexing the…

Analysis: Research indicates party members are over 60, male and white, yet do not like the same candidates

With Labour turning the red wall red again, and the Lib Dems turning the blue wall yellow, Boris Johnson faces a war on two fronts - here's where the Tories are most vulnerable

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have survived a no-confidence vote, but his grip on power is far from secure

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to patch up his tattered authority after surviving a no-confidence vote that laid bare deep divisions in his Conservative Party and raised serious doubts about how long he can stay in office

Boris Johnson faced the greatest threat to his premiership yet after the necessary 54 Tory MPs triggered the parliamentary party’s vote of no confidence on Monday, after the long-simmering Partygate scandal saw Platinum Jubilee crowds jeer him over the weekend. Analysts did expect him to win the necessary majority of…