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Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has vowed to shake up the tax system to encourage generations of families to "stick together more".
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.
Tory grandee Ken Clarke has promised to vote to bring down any “idiot” future Tory prime minister if they attempt to force a no-deal Brexit through Parliament.
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.
European Union negotiators reportedly expect to see Boris Johnson as the next Prime Minister - but think he will U-turn on his promise to take the UK out of the EU by October 31.
Cabinet ministers are reportedly plotting to ensure Boris Johnson is crowned unopposed when party members vote in the Conservative leadership election.
Tony Blair has lashed out at Jeremy Corbyn for attacking the record of the last Labour government.
Boris Johnson has been mocked after he confirmed that he will duck a Channel 4 debate between Tory leadership candidates.
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.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has become the latest Conservative leadership hopeful to quit the race.
A leading Muslim Tory activist has compared Boris Johnson to Adolf Hitler and vowed to quit the party if he becomes leader.
John Major has accused Tory leadership contenders threatening to shut down Parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit of "gold-plated hypocrisy".
Matt Hancock is preparing to pull out of the Tory leadership race, it has been claimed.
Boris Johnson is coming under increasing pressure to agree to take part in upcoming TV debates involving the candidates to become Tory leader.
Former Labour MP Chuka Umunna has joined the Liberal Democrats following his split from Change UK.
Change UK has been forced to change its name once again to avoid being sued by an online petitions group.
Jo Swinson is going up against her friend Sir Ed Davey in the race to become the next Lib Dem leader. The former minister says her party should not be considering cutting deals with Labour or the Tories – and must aim for the top themselves. She talks to Charlotte Henry about why she would love to be prime minister
Better start preparing yourself, folks. Because short of an unforeseen calamity befalling his campaign - and of course that cannot be ruled out - Boris Johnson is heading for Number 10.
Rory Stewart has vowed to “bring down” Boris Johnson if he moved to shutdown Parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson has surged to the top of the first Conservative leadership ballot - as rivals Andrea Leadsom, Esther McVey and Mark Harper were all knocked out of the race.
Downing Street has denied that Sajid Javid was not invited to a state banquet for Donald Trump because he is a Muslim.
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.
Sajid Javid has hit out at Downing Street after he was not invited to attend a state banquet for President Trump.
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.
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