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Backbencher allowed to vote so neutrality of whips’ office ‘can not be questioned’

Rishi Sunak appears certain to achieve the votes to guarantee his name will be on the ballot that goes to party members.

AN SNP MP was told off by the Speaker after implying the Prime Minister may ennoble a Tory MP accused of being a sex pest.

Boris Johnson clashed with the SNP leader at Westminster at his final PMQs before he exits Downing Street.

Three become two this afternoon in the Tory party leadership race, which now feels like a bi-annual event. The turnover of Conservative leaders and Prime Ministers — four in the past seven years — is neither good for the party nor for the country, which is crying out for political…

‘Look at the state of them’, says Labour leader on contest to succeed PM

‘The campaign tweeted this in error without having seen the headline’

Leadership frontrunner says onshore wind causes ‘distress and disruption’

Rishi Sunak appears certain to go through to the final stage of the Tory leadership contest, with Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt fighting to join him.

Liz Truss - the bookies' favourite to be the next Prime Minister - insisted the last vote on independence in 2014 was "a once in a generation referendum"

The three remaining candidates in the Tory leadership race set out how they would strengthen the case for the Union in podcast hustings.