The Conservative leadership candidate said he wanted to abolish the centrally controlled candidate list system.

Robert Jenrick said that the party should be ‘firmly on the side of parents’ in the wake of Ms Badenoch’s interview.

Tory MP Gagan Mohindra accused his party of not doing enough for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) while in power.

Yellow weather warnings come into force on Sunday, for wind and rain which will hit areas already saturated by downpours earlier in the week.

Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has said she does “believe in maternity pay” after previously describing it as “excessive”. Ms Badenoch said on X that “contrary to what some have said” ...

Lord Houchen was seen descending an escalator with leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat at his party’s Birmingham conference on Sunday.

An eight-year-old mountaineer from Cumbria is taking on an “emotional” expedition up the three highest peaks in north Africa ...

Rishi Sunak has said the Conservatives should “learn the lessons” of their general election defeat and “reflect” on their time in government as their conference gets under way. Mr Sunak described this ...

Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl has used the term Volkskanzler, or chancellor of the people, which was used by the Nazis ...

Nabil Kaouk was killed on Saturday, a day after the death of the militant group’s leader for more than three decades, Hassan Nasrallah.

The Israeli Prime Minister said targeting Hassan Nasrallah was ‘an essential condition to achieving the goals we set’.

Two teenagers have life threatening injuries after an out-of-control car mounted the pavement and hit them, with a woman arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Greater ...