Who Replaces Rishi Sunak? Here Are The Leading Runners And Riders
Conservative candidates have until Monday to get the backing of enough MPs to stand in the leadership contest, following the party's most devastating election loss in two centuries.
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Conservative candidates have until Monday to get the backing of enough MPs to stand in the leadership contest, following the party's most devastating election loss in two centuries.
Conservative MPs are likely to have to declare their bids to become party leader by the end of next week and fight the contest over Parliament's summer recess.
Rishi Sunak's plan to ban smoking has cleared its first House of Commons hurdle, but not without around half of Conservative MPs failing to vote for it.
Conservative MP and former Home Office minister Robert Jenrick has accused his party of having a "fatalistic attitude" towards young people and suggested that they should attempt to follow the example of similar parties in Europe and North America where they have done better in courting younger voters.
A number of MPs from across the House of Commons have claimed there is institutional resistance from Whitehall to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, a year after reports suggested a move could be considered.
Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill is expected to clear its latest House of Commons vote after threats of a major Conservative backbench rebellion appear to have been empty.
Rishi Sunak is braced for a critical and unpredictable day in the House of Commons, as dozens of disgruntled Conservative MPs decide whether to use a vote on Rwanda legislation to torpedo one of the Prime Minister's flagship policies.
Conservative MPs Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke Smith have quit their roles as deputy chairmen of the Tory party in order to vote for amendments to Rishi Sunak's Rwanda legislation, against Government instruction.