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Ex-home secretary blames leadership rival and rest of the cabinet for letting Sunak take the party to electoral disaster

Shadow home secretary calls for unity in opposition, after comments from Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch

Senior figures tell the party not to rush into choosing a new leader, citing 2005 and David Cameron as a successful precedent

The likely main contenders to succeed Rishi Sunak, broadly ordered by their place on the political spectrum

Nigel Farage’s party won more than 4m votes and came second in 98 seats, of which 89 were won by Labour

Rerefence has been calld ‘funny’ and ‘iconic’

By the time Sir Keir Starmer spoke of the “sunlight of hope” in the early hours, it was more a matter for the Conservatives of who was left standing under the rubble of a Labour landslide than salvaging dignity. Rishi Sunak’s dejected expression said it all — holding his North…

After a catastrophic defeat the party has kicked off its own election to pick Rishi Sunak’s successor

Party leaders make last-minute appeals to electorate as Labour heavily tipped to win overwhelming majority