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Braverman claims Tory rival Jenrick is on Left of the party
Former home secretary portrays fellow potential leadership contender as pro-Europe on Brexit and ECHR
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CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP RACE 2024
As polls point to a wipeout that could end the Prime Minister’s leadership, The Telegraph looks at the contenders to lead Conservatives
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Sunak should stay on as Tory leader until November, says Duncan Smith
Former Tory leader backs longer leadership campaign to give party time to understand reasons for historic defeat
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Reform UK reaches 65,000 members – up nearly two thirds in a month
Surge in party’s popularity prompts Sir Tony Blair to warn Sir Keir Starmer that he must control Britain’s borders to see off threat
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Suella Braverman’s Tory leadership campaign dealt blow as key ally abandons her
Danny Kruger, who supported the former home secretary’s 2022 leadership bid, is now backing Robert Jenrick
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Tory party membership should not be cut out of leadership contest, 1922 chairman candidate says
Senior Conservative MPs are also clashing over the length off the contest with some favouring a long drawn-out affair
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Analysis and opinion
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My top 10 ways to save the Tory party – for starters, ignore Reform
The Conservatives shouldn’t wallow in defeat but embrace a new beginning. Here’s how they can make their comeback
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There is a way back for the Tories
It is still the economy, stupid. And Labour have no solutions to our current challenges
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Letters: The Conservatives now face a long battle to unite a party riven by factions
Plus: Labour’s housing pledge; alternatives to first-past-the-post; ringing the bell on chemotherapy; and puddings worth the thorns
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Rishi Sunak spends weekend ringing MPs who lost their seat
Following the Tories’ election drubbing, the Leader of the Opposition offered his commiserations to former colleagues now out of a job
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Labour’s big BBC problem
History shows a cordial relationship – but the Corporation’s issues won’t vanish. The broadcaster needs to regain the country’s trust
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Victoria Atkins pitches herself as unity candidate as Tory leadership race speculation rises
The former health secretary has not ruled out replacing Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservatives following their crushing election defeat
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Defeated Tory quits party saying it has ‘no chance of ever being electable again’
Yeovil representative says party is ‘dead’ after he lost seat to Liberal Democrats
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Election turnout worst for more than 20 years
Overall turnout at 59.9 per cent - down from 67.3 per cent at previous election in 2019
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Defeated Tory candidates turn on CCHQ for ‘lack of leaflets and support’
Conservatives launch attack on headquarters after ‘disastrous campaign’ saw worst defeat in party’s modern history
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The freak circumstances that conspired to save ‘doomed’ Iain Duncan Smith
The former Tory party leader was expected to go the same way as many of his colleagues. But then an unlikely source did him a huge favour
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