Sunak and Truss’s Q&A with Sky – the reaction

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were quizzed by Sky News's Kay Burley and undecided Tory members this evening, with Truss the runaway favourite according...

Truss-Sunak debate suspended early after host faints

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss's second head-to-head debate was suspended after half an hour due to presenter Kate McCann fainting. TalkTV has confirmed...

Truss and Sunak’s first head-to-head – as it happened

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss took part in their first head-to-head since they were confirmed as the final two candidates in the Tory leadership race,...

Live: Who will make the final two?

Conservative MPs have been voting this afternoon on their preferred candidate for the leadership. The final two contenders for the next Prime Minister...

Kemi Badenoch eliminated

Kemi Badenoch has been eliminated from the Tory leadership contest. Rishi Sunak came first with 118 Tory MPs backing him; Penny Mordaunt was second...

Live: Tory MPs voting for the third time on next PM

The results of the third round of MPs voting to be the next Tory leader are expected at 8 p.m. Follow the latest developments below. What happened at...

The second Tory leadership debate – as it happened

Good evening. The second Conservative leadership debate between Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat has just...

The Tory leadership debate – as it happened

On Friday night the Tory leadership candidates faced-off in the first televised debate of the contest, hosted on Channel 4. The five contenders –...

Live: The Tory leadership debate

Tonight the Tory leadership candidates face-off in the first televised debate of the contest, hosted on Channel 4. The five remaining contenders –...

Live: Liz launches, Mordaunt surges, Sunak stumbles?

And then there were six. Last night Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt were knocked out of the race after they failed to get the backing of 30 MPs. Out in...

Live: Hunt backs Sunak

Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi are out of the leadership contest after failing to get 30 votes from Tory MPs on Wednesday. Six candidates are now left...

Which MPs are yet to back a candidate?

Tory MPs are voting today on who should be their next leader. Candidates need more than 30 votes in order to proceed to the next round but while more...

Live: Sunak, Tugendhat and Badenoch launch their campaigns

Rishi Sunak has been given a big boost in his bid to become Tory leader this morning after he won the backing of Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps. Sunak...

Live blog: Truss declares, Gove for Kemi, rule change?

MPs are returning to Westminster after a long weekend in their constituencies. What are they returning to? Yesterday, three more candidates declared...

Latest: Zahawi, Javid & Hunt declare, Wallace out

Nadhim Zahawi, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt have declared their candidacy this evening. Ben Wallace, who had topped the poll among Tory activists, has...

Latest: when will Truss declare?

It's day three of the Tory leadership race. As things stand there are eight declared candidates: Rishi Sunak, Nadhim Zahawi, Kemi Badenoch, Suella...

Live: Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister

Boris Johnson has announced his resignation but insisted he will stay on as Prime Minister until a new leader is appointed. Speaking on the steps of...

The 57 Tory ministers who resigned – forcing Boris to go

Boris Johnson has announced that he is resigning as Prime Minister after facing a tide of ministerial resignations. Below is the full list of...

Full list: Tory endorsements for next leader

Boris Johnson will today announce his resignation as Prime Minister, with an official statement outside Downing Street expected later this morning....

Full list: the Tory MPs backing Boris Johnson

Queen’s Speech 2022: live

Full list: which Tory MPs are backing Boris?