The Tory leader attacks what she sees as the civil service's reluctance to tackle 'difficult' issues. Writing in today's Mail on Sunday, she says: 'We have failed to get to the bottom of how ...

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has released a statement disavowing comments made by her own shadow foreign secretary, who earlier launched a staunch defence of how previous Conservative governments ...

Labour chairwoman Ellie Reeves accused the Tory leader of "doing the exact opposite" of rebuilding trust - offering nothing in opposition but more "infighting". Badenoch said the public "will ...

A third former Tory MP has defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party. Marco Longhi said he had left because the “party of Churchill and Thatcher” had been “captured by a Left-wing ...

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In a major speech in central London on Thursday, the new Tory leader will admit that leaving the European Union “without a plan for growth” was a mistake by her party under Johnson.

A former Tory MP defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK last night, saying he feels "at home" in the hard right party. It comes after Reform MP Lee Anderson was repeatedly interrupted by Tommy ...

Magazine. Taylor Hill/Getty; Jerod Harris/Getty Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a five-year restraining order against Tory Lanez. According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE ...

The former Tory leadership candidate - now Kemi Badenoch's shadow Justice Secretary - was skewered by the BBC's Nick Robinson after his high profile intervention on the subject. Mr Jenrick has ...

Megan Thee Stallion was granted a restraining order against Tory Lanez after she claimed he’s been harassing her from prison, where he is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting her. A Los Angel ...

Touring broadcast studios this morning, the shadow justice secretary insisted that government must be 'very careful about who is coming into this country'. The former Cabinet minister was grilled ...