Tugendhat and Badenoch face questions from Tory members on conference main stage
Liz Truss is expected at a fringe event on the second day of the gathering in Birmingham.
Liz Truss is expected at a fringe event on the second day of the gathering in Birmingham.
Labour said it had ‘serious concerns’ about donations to Robert Jenrick from a company with no employees, no profits and significant debts.
Kemi Badenoch meanwhile claimed independent MPs elected on a pro-Gaza ticket were a ‘new threat’.
Russell Findlay and Andrew RT Davies spoke at a panel discussion on The Future of the Union in Birmingham.
The Conservative leadership candidate said he wanted to abolish the centrally controlled candidate list system.
Pat McFadden said a ‘Tory loophole’ will be closed to ensure more transparency.
James Cleverly said politics was brutal but beautiful.
Pat McFadden said he was ‘disappointed’ but ‘not surprised’ that Rosie Duffield had resigned the Labour whip.
Andrew RT Davies will address the Conservative conference in Birmingham on Sunday.
Ms Duffield told the BBC the party was ‘in my heart and in my soul’, but she has lost her ‘faith’ in the leadership.
Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat are all vying for the party leadership.
Candidates have touched on subjects from tax to immigration and the party’s future in a series of interviews.
The first conference since the election defeat in July will see the contest for the party leadership feature prominently.
Leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat will all have an opportunity to address the conference.
Rosie Duffield accused Sir Keir Starmer of lacking ‘political instincts’ and displaying ‘sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice’.