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New Conservative Party leader to be crowned as Jenrick and Badenoch await outcome

Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be crowned as the new Conservative Party leader on Saturday.

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2024

Key quotes from the Conservative Party leadership election

The winner of the Conservative leadership contest is set to be announced on Saturday after months of campaigning.

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2024

Voices: ‘The new Thatcher or the new Truss?’ 10 of your burning Tory leadership questions answered

ASK ME ANYTHING: In this exclusive Q&A session, The Independent’s political commentator Andrew Grice addresses key dynamics in the Tory leadership race, and what we can expect when Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick takes the helm

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

Budget contains broken promises which will hit working people, Sunak claims

The outgoing Conservative Party leader was making his final appearance at the despatch box before stepping down.

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2024

What is the history of newspaper endorsements and can they swing elections?

The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times are at the centre of a heated debate about endorsement and press freedom.

Al Jazeera · Oct 30, 2024

OPINION - Nimco Ali: It has to be Kemi Badenoch for Tory leader, not lobotomised, hard-Right Robert Jenrick

I have known Kemi Badenoch for a while — I met her at an Evening Standard event in 2017 — and the picture we took at that event recently popped up on my social media memories and I took a moment to think: could I ever have imagined that seven…

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024

‘An obnoxious distortion of history’: Fury as Jenrick says former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’

Exclusive: ‘Enslavement and colonialism were not ‘gifts’ but imposed systems that brutally exploited people, extracted wealth, and dismantled societies, all for the benefit of Britain,’ one Labour MP told The Independent

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2024

Reeves announces funding for crumbling schools and childcare ahead of Budget

The Chancellor said children ‘should not suffer for’ the dire state of the UK’s public finances.

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2024

Fact check: Image of Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been manipulated

The Conservative Party shared a doctored photograph of the Chancellor.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2024

Tony Blair: Why there has to be compromise to end the Ukraine war

Sir Tony Blair discusses peace-making, Brexit and Keir Starmer’s premiership in wide-ranging London Standard interview

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2024