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Kemi Badenoch will tell voters ‘there is a fight coming in British politics’ not seen for 50 years when she addresses the Tory conference in Birmingham, as her party lags third behind Labour and Reform in the polls More

Blake Stephenson, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, was speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference when he made the remark More

Exclusive: Lord Mann claimed the way some of the party’s members were being treated was ‘unprecedented in Westminster since the Second World War’ More

Holborn and St Pancras constituents will cast their vote on Thursday in a crucial test for both Zack Polanski and Andy Burnham. Harriette Boucher asks voters whether they think this part of north London will remain red, or get swept up by the Green wave More

Jeremy Clarkson earlier joked that ‘a lot of people have come dressed as seats’ More

The Conservative Party leader also said she would rather fight two general elections in quick succession than form a coalition with Nigel Farage’s party in a hung parliament More

The diplomatic row follows the UK targeting Israeli settlements with sanctions More

As this year’s Tory conference struggles to cut through with the public, the party feels like a defeated army – even as a potential early election beckons – writes political editor David Maddox More