Tory leadership hopefuls will be hit with yellow card if they smear rivals under new rules

TORY leadership hopefuls will be hit with a yellow card if they smear their rivals under new rules to crack down on foul play.

Party chiefs, who are desperate to avoid blue-on-blue mud-slinging, yesterday made clear they would name and shame anyone engaged in dirty tactics.

Tory leadership hopefuls, from left: Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Mel Stride From left: James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat and Priti Patel are also running to lead the party

The warning came as they...