Inside race for Tory leadership with Kemi Badenoch favourite as other frontrunners revealed after Rishi stands down

TORY leadership hopefuls were flying out of the traps this afternoon to organise their campaigns.

Rishi Sunak’s resignation fired the starting gun on a contest widely expected to represent a bitter battle for the party’s soul.

AlamyRishi Sunak, accompanied by his wife Akshata Murty, delivers his resignation speech[/caption] APPrime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria wave to the crowds from 10 Downing Street[/caption]

Before the dust had even settled on the election defeat...