Tories Turn Their Fire On Kemi Badenoch As Race To Be Party Leader Heats Up

The six Tory leadership candidates.

The small rump of 121 Tory MPs who survived the party’s general election drubbing will return to Westminster on Monday with one item on their agenda - choosing the man or woman to take the fight to Keir Starmer for the next five years.

They will hardly have time to draw breath before the first ballot of the contest takes place 48 hours later, when one of the six candidates will be unceremoniously dumped by their colleagues.

Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick...