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Boris Johnson has insisted the Conservatives must have a "proper" leadership contest amid claims that party grandees want to hand him the job without giving members a vote.

Former Tory leadership contender Esther McVey has thrown her weight behind Boris Johnson - as Michael Gove and Sajid Javid hinted that they could join his Cabinet if he wins.

Tony Blair has lashed out at Jeremy Corbyn for attacking the record of the last Labour government.

Philip Hammond has taken a veiled swipe at Conservative leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson, as he confirmed he would “not be able to serve” under a Prime Minister pushing for Britain to leave the EU without a deal.

Boris Johnson’s hopes of seizing the Conservative leadership have received a boost as a fresh survey of members revealed that more than half would back him for the first time.

Ministers have been accused of presiding over "fundamental" flaws in a key housing scheme, as the public spending watchdog found that many of those who benefited from Help to Buy could have bought a home without it.

Tory leadership hopeful Esther McVey has come under fire from a government minister after claiming that the UK's foreign aid budget had been used to fund an overseas airport built "in the wrong direction".

Tory MPs will begin whittling down the list of leadership candidates later as the first round of voting in the contest to succeed Theresa May gets underway.

Ministers will be legally bound to end the UK's contribution to climate change by 2050 under a new target to be introduced by Theresa May.

It is "not credible” for any Tory leadership candidate to vow to take Britain out of the European Union by 31 October, Mark Harper has said, as he became the latest contender to launch his bid for the top job.

Labour's "weak" response to anti-semitism in its ranks means the party is doing "nothing" to advance the debate on Israel and Palestine, Jeremy Corbyn has been warned.

Andrea Leadsom will promise to focus on "healing the divisions" in the country as she launches her bid to be the next Conservative leader.

Boris Johnson is the "right person" to take Britain out of the European Union and save the Tories from "destruction", Iain Duncan Smith has said as he backed his bid to be party leader.

Dominic Raab has laid into his Conservative leadership rival Boris Johnson over his plan to slash taxes for people earning more than £50,000.

The Government has been accused of allowing Brexit to cause "serious and lasting harm" to the UK economy as manufacturing suffered its biggest monthly slump since 2002.

Boris Johnson's campaign to become Tory leader has suffered a setback after Amber Rudd backed her Cabinet colleague Jeremy Hunt for the top job.

Boris Johnson has vowed to cut income tax for people earning more than £50,000 a year if he wins the Conservative Party leadership race.

A former co-chair of the Conservative Party has called on Michael Gove quit the Tory leadership campaign amid a row over his use of cocaine.

Labour's John McDonnell has said the party's rules "need reviewing" after former communications chief Alastair Campbell was kicked out for voting for the Liberal Democrats.

A government minister has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at Conservative leadership hopeful Esther McVey after she said parents should be able to withdraw their children from lessons about LGBT relationships.

Conservative leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom has accused Tory rivals who quit the Government of having "made Brexit harder" by walking away.

Donald Trump has performed a dramatic U-turn on his claim that the National Health Service must be "on the table" in negotiations on a trade deal between the UK and America.

James Cleverly has pulled out of the race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

Tory leadership hopefuls need to prove they will not end up as "Theresa May Mark II" on Brexit, Philip Hammond has said.

Philip Hammond has been accused of living in a "different world" after he rejected the idea that "vast numbers" of people face "dire poverty" in Britain.

Renters would no longer have to pay council tax under radical plans being considered by the Labour Party.

More than one hundred current and former Labour staff members have urged Jeremy Corbyn to take action following sexual harassment claims made against one of his senior aides.

Conservative leadership candidates have been warned that they are already putting Britain's manufacturing jobs at risk by talking up the prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to spend at least £5,000 on every secondary school pupil if he wins the race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader.

Donald Trump will arrive in the UK on Monday for a three-day visit amid a major political row over the inclusion of the NHS in a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States.

Conservative leadership hopeful Sajid Javid has declared that he would be willing to take the UK out of the European Union without a deal.

Donald Trump has heaped praise on Boris Johnson, saying the Tory leadership hopeful would make an "excellent" Prime Minister.

The left-wing boss of a top trade union has urged Jeremy Corbyn to "move quickly" and back another EU referendum before the next Conservative leader is elected.

Tory leadership contenders Dominic Raab and Rory Stewart have hit out at an attempt to prosecute Boris Johnson over claims made in the run-up to the Brexit referendum.

Tom Watson has called for a party-wide ballot of Labour's members in a bid to thrash out a new Brexit policy in the wake of its drubbing at the European elections.

The majority of Brexit Party voters feel powerless to shape political decision-making in Britain, stark new polling has found.