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Can Kemi keep the Conservative Party afloat in London?

With Reform ahead and members split on Kemi Badenoch as leader, former Tory campaign manager Aaron Newbury still finds many in the party optimistic about a revival in the capital

Evening Standard

Jake Berry’s defection to Reform leaves only one question for Badenoch – ‘who is leaving next?’

NEWS ANALYSIS: This latest blow for the Tories is significant because it shows that professional politicians, not just angry ideologues, are now willing to follow Nigel Farage, writes political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch really doesn’t want a pact with Nigel Farage. The problem is lots of Tories really do

The Tories are trailing third in the polls and look set for local election disaster. If Reform is the answer, she may have to go, says the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls

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Kemi brings little cheer to toxic Tories bracing for tough local elections

Party leader lowers members’ expectations as far as she dares at election warmup event in the shires

The Guardian - UK

Tories and Reform UK must agree pact before next election if Labour could win, shadow minister says – as it happened

Greg Smith says parties on the right will ‘have to play nice’ if there is a chance of Labour winning the next election

The Guardian - UK

Reform’s circles of influence: who’s who at the top of the party

From MPs and donors to the backroom team, key players around the leader Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK

Bridget Phillipson accused of having ‘Marxist ideological dislike of academies’ by Tory-linked headteacher – as it happened

Government pushes back after Katharine Birbalsingh launches attack on education secretary

The Guardian - UK

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Conservatives fighting to stem loss of high-value donors to Reform UK

Kemi Badenoch expected to appear at party’s London conference, where wealthy donors have been invited to evening drinks

The Guardian - UK

‘Head of deckchairs on the Titanic’: Tory leadership hopefuls head to low-key conference

Demoralised and in opposition, party delegates are showing little enthusiasm for the candidates – or the event itself

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage ditches Reform UK’s ‘contract with the people’ just 2 months after election

After criticism that Reform UK’s election contract with the people was ‘Liz Truss on steroids’, new Reform UK chairman has admitted that the party is working on a new set of policies as well as drawing up rules enabling the party’s leader to be sacked

The Independent UK

Priti Patel’s blueprint to take on Farage with democratisation of Tory party leadership pitch

Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel has officially launched her bid to be Tory leader with a promise that ordinary members will no longer be ignored

The Independent UK

Tories blame Twitter/X 'bug' for account disappearance after election defeat

THE Tories have taken their electoral thrashing so well they appear to have quit social media in a fit of pique.

The National (Scotland)

‘This is going to be a disaster’: inside the Tories’ chaotic election campaign

From the surprise decision to call a snap election to the divisions inside the doomed campaign machine

The Guardian - UK

Senior Tory criticises ‘worst campaign in my lifetime’ as frustration grows

Rishi Sunak accused of failing to tackle threat from Reform while candidates complain of lack of support from CCHQ

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Tory MPs paid £100,000 of public funds to party’s in-house web designers

Exclusive: Conservatives including Hunt and Truss used Bluetree for websites and claimed costs as expenses

Evening Standard

Election date betting row: Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak of 'total lack of leadership'

The PM is refusing to suspend two Tory candidates under investigation by the Gambling Commission

The Guardian - UK

Gambling watchdog looks into second Tory candidate over alleged election bet

Party urged to suspend Laura Saunders, whose husband – the party’s director of campaigns – is also reportedly being looked at

The Guardian - UK

A D-day disaster, dodgy leaflets and policies from thin air. Tory activists must avenge this debacle

Grassroots Conservatives will have their time to assess the disaster that is this campaign. They must be unsparing, says Henry Hill of ConservativeHome

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The Guardian - UK

On the Hunt for Jeremy, the Tories’ invisible man this election

Chancellor has gone to ground, but no such luck with Mark Harper, who TV viewers were forced to endure on Sunday

Evening Standard

Is the Conservatives' election campaign running out of steam?

A series of social media blunders and a seemingly broken website suggests trouble at CCHQ

The Guardian - UK

‘D-day was the final straw’: Sunak’s blunders ignite Tory party fury

Long-serving party members and MPs left aghast by unforced errors, poor strategy and a growing sense of resignation

The Independent UK

New blow to Sunak as Tory members demand special meeting to deselect his party chairman as a candidate

Richard Holden, the Tory party chairman tasked with winning Sunak the general election, is facing a revolt in the constituency he was imposed on just 24 hours ago

The Guardian - UK

There’s no distance these Conservative heroes won’t travel to serve … themselves

Richard Holden shows his mettle with a shock appearance on the Basildon and Billericay ballot, a Tory safe seat

The Independent UK

Essex Tories had ‘gun to head’ to accept ‘unwanted’ party chair as their candidate

Details are emerging of how senior Conservative members in Basildon and Billericay were forced to accept party chair Richard Holden as their candidate on Wednesday night

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak's gaffe-prone start to election campaign: It never rains but it pours

From the wet election announcement to questioning about sinking ships, it’s not been smooth sailing so far for the PM

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