Priti Patel is 5/1 with William Hill to be the next leader of Reform UK after Nigel Farage. Following her early exit from the ...

By David Gauke OK, I have to admit it. I got it wrong. For months, I argued that Priti Patel was a good bet to win the leadership of the Conservative Party. When I first did so, she was a rank ...

Robert Jenrick picked up 28 votes ahead of Kemi Badenoch on 22, James Cleverly on 21, Tom Tugendhat on 17 and Mel Stride on ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Two Conservative MPs who backed Priti Patel in the first round of the Conservative leadership contest are now supporting James ...

Mel Stride has become the latest candidate to be kicked out of the Tory leadership contest. The former cabinet minister came ...

Thus ends the first phase of this strangely-structured contest. There will not be another round of voting until after the ...

The Government has implemented legislation to reduce the amount of time inmates must spend in jail before they are ...

James Cleverly has picked up two new MP backers ahead of the second round of voting in the Tory leadership race. Tory MPs ...

Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel also called for an impact assessment, as she said the removal of the payments was an “assault” on pensioners and branded Sir Keir Starmer’s Government ...

Dame Priti Patel was eliminated in the first round of voting. The remaining four candidates put forward their leadership pitches at the Tory party conference.

Elsewhere in justice questions, Tory former minister Dame Priti Patel asked whether it is the Government’s intention to “cut back” 5,500 prison places in order to make capital savings.