Tory leadership frontrunners Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch are scoring “own goals” hitting their campaigns to succeed Rishi Sunak, according to a senior parliamentarian.

Robert Jenrick's baseless claims that British soldiers are killing rather than capturing terrorists because of the ECHR should end his leadership hopes, according to a former soldier.

Robert Jenrick is closing in on Kemi Badenoch in the race to become the next Tory leader, a new poll has indicated. Six weeks ago, YouGov put Ms Badenoch 15 points ahead of Mr Jenrick, with party members backing the former business secretary by 48 per cent compared to Mr Jenrick’s 33 per cent if the two went head-to-head in the final round.

Kemi Badenoch put her faltering leadership campaign back on track with a powerful speech to end the Tory conference. The former business secretary has had a difficult conference with missteps on maternity pay and her suggestion that some civil servants “should be in prison”,