Liz Truss defends tax-cutting goals as she bids farewell
The outgoing PM urges successor Rishi Sunak to be “bold”, after she bows out after 49 days in office....
Rishi Sunak set to become first British Asian PM as Penny Mordaunt bows out
Almost 200 Tory MPs publicly backed the ex-chancellor, who was elected party leader without a vote....
UK doomed without Brexit rethink, warns Tory backer
Financier Guy Hands claims the UK is facing an IMF bailout because of the way its EU exit was negotiated....
What does the prime minister actually do?
Liz Truss has resigned as UK PM, but what does the job involve?...
Rishi Sunak: What will new prime minister mean for Scotland?
What does the former Chancellor’s appointment as Conservative leader mean for politics in Scotland?...
Markets calm as Sunak is named as prime minister
The pound is broadly unchanged against the dollar while government borrowing costs are down on the day....
Tory race to be next PM enters final hours with focus on Mordaunt
Attention now turns to whether Penny Mordaunt has enough backers by the Monday afternoon deadline....
Boris Johnson: Standing in the leadership race not the right thing to do
The former PM says he had the support of enough MPs but there needs to be “a united party in Parliament”....
Boris Johnson ‘clearly’ going to stand to be PM, Jacob Rees-Mogg says
It comes after Boris Johnson held talks with his rival Rishi Sunak, amid speculation they could strike a deal....
Penny Mordaunt denies deal talks with Boris Johnson team
The minister, who was the first to formally enter the race, has said she remains “in it to win it”....