James Cleverly delivers considered, but occasionally funny speech in which party faithful are urged to be more ‘optimistic’ ...

The former home secretary claimed he was ahead in the contest after clinching a standing ovation at the party's conference in ...

While Kemi Badenoch undermined her own chances of becoming Conservative leader, James Cleverly was everybody's favourite ...

Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana explores the current positions of Badenoch, Jenrick, Cleverly, and Tugendhat in the ...

No such disdain when James Cleverly spoke about 'being a mixed-race kid from south-east London', or when Kemi Badenoch spoke ...

The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the ...

A 'beauty parade' of Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat laid out their cases one after the other ...

It was a close call between Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick for the most controversial comments, but Badenoch may have taken ...

I didn’t want to approach this whole leadership election in platitudes. I wanted to speak some hard truths to our party.’ On ...

Conservatives reacted angrily, with Robert Jenrick saying there has been a ‘surrender’ and James Cleverly labelling the ...

The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the ...