In a fascinating new biography, LORD ASHCROFT charts the rise of the girl from Nigeria tipped as a possible Tory Leader: How Bob Geldof's 'patronising' mission to save Africa inspired Kemi Badenoch to go to war with the virtue-signalling Left

LORD ASHCROFT: Lefty Sussex University is where Kemi Badenoch got a taste for the politics that would inspire her to become a Tory MP, minister and contender for party leadership.

Robert Jenrick becomes the third confirmed Tory leader candidate claiming he already has 10 MP backers needed to stand - as jockeying gears up with Tom Tugendhat wooing the Right and Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman among SEVEN readying bid

Robert Jenrick is set to hand his nominations to the powerful 1922 Committee this morning, insisting he can win back voters from Reform.

Robert Jenrick becomes the third confirmed Tory leader candidate claiming he already has 10 MP backers needed to stand - as jockeying gears up with Tom Tugendhat wooing the Right and Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman among SEVEN readying bid

Robert Jenrick is set to hand his nominations to the powerful 1922 Committee this morning, insisting he can win back voters from Reform.

STEPHEN GLOVER: If the BBC and their friends in Labour carry on clinging to the licence fee, the Corporation will end up irrelevant and marginalised

Labour's victory was widely welcomed at the BBC. At the best of times, Auntie isn't particularly fond of Tories. Many at the Corporation believe that Labour will indulge them as the Tories never did.

Robert Jenrick becomes the third confirmed Tory leader candidate claiming he already has 10 MP backers needed to stand - as jockeying gears up with Tom Tugendhat wooing the Right and Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman among SEVEN readying bid

Robert Jenrick is set to hand his nominations to the powerful 1922 Committee this morning, insisting he can win back voters from Reform.

Labour could be forced to hike taxes by £25billion at the Autumn Budget, former Bank of England official warns - as Sir Keir Starmer admits public finances are 'more severe' than first feared

Labour could hike taxes by £25billion at the Autumn Budget, a former Bank of England official has warned as Sir Keir Starmer warned that public finances are 'more severe' than feared.

Labour have made blood-curdling claims about the situation they inherited from the Conservatives... Here's the TRUTH

Labour made a number of blood-curdling claims about the situation they inherited from the Tories. Here we reveal the reality and outline the new government's measures.

The truth behind Labour blood-curdling claims about the situation they inherited from the Conservatives

Labour made a number of blood-curdling claims about the situation they inherited from the Tories. Here we reveal the reality and outline the new government's measures.

Labour's war on 'sick note Britain'! Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall pledges to get two million more people into work - but ditches tough plans to tackle welfare 'scroungers'

Labour's work and pensions secretary yesterday pledged to get two million more people into work - but hinted she will ditch tough plans to tackle welfare 'scroungers'.

Labour accused of handing 'effective amnesty' to people arriving illegally in Britain as 70,000 migrants set to be given asylum in UK

Tens of thousands of illegal migrants will get asylum in the UK after Yvette Cooper scrapped the Rwanda scheme.

Top MPs back five-year jail term given to Just Stop Oil's M25 plotters amid calls from Labour's eco-wing for the protesters to be freed

MPs have backed the lengthy jail terms handed to five Just Stop Oil protesters despite protests including the organisation's founder Roger Hallam.

Jeremy Hunt slaps down Suella Braverman for 'cranks' attack on Tory  moderates saying elections are 'always won from the centre ground' and party must take its time in choosing a new leader

Shadow chancellor Mr Hunt warned that elections are 'always won from the centre ground' after the former Home Secretary launched an astonishing attack on party  moderates.

Labour goes to war on nail bars in fight against illegal immigration with 1,000 staff redirected from ditched Rwanda scheme to target beauty salons and car washes

Around 1,000 staff previously working on the now-abandoned Rwanda deportation scheme will be redeployed to crack down on the beauty salons and car cleaning services.

RACHEL REEVES: My mission to aid investment, boost pensions - and to spread prosperity to all

RACHEL REEVES: During the General Election campaign, I promised readers of The Mail on Sunday that I would lead the most pro-growth, pro-business Treasury in our country's history.

Suella Braverman denies she is considering defecting to Reform following speculation she would join Nigel Farage's party in autumn

The former Home Secretary has been at the centre of fevered speculation in Westminster after repeatedly attacking her Tory colleagues.

Tom Tugendhat wins endorsements from prominent Tories Damian Green and Steve Baker boosting his Conservative Party leader hopes

Mr Tugendhat is among the bookies favourites to win the upcoming leadership election.

New MP Natalie Fleet reveals she was groomed by older man before giving birth at 15 as she says: 'I was a child and this is statutory rape'

A new MP who gave birth at just 15 years old has revealed she was 'groomed' by an older man. 

Today we caught a glimpse of the true heart of Labour - illiberal and bullying: STEPHEN GLOVER

Any doubts that Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party are the masters now should have been dispelled by today's King's Speech.

Chatty, good-natured... even DELIGHTED to be in one another's company: How once frosty rivals Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak put 'point-scoring' to one side at State Opening

While onlookers might assume their friendly demeanor was just a performance, behavioural guru Judi James said their body language suggested otherwise.