The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

Conservative leadership candidate says he would not do it again in apparent pitch to centre of party

Former immigration minister says briefing he plans to row back on rhetoric if he wins contest are untrue

Robert Jenrick painted himself as the serious contender to succeed Rishi Sunak and suggested Kemi Badenoch would bring ‘needless drama’ to the job

Tory members on the left of the party have started announcing they will boycott a leadership election with two right-wing candidates

The Conservative party leadership ballot is a private affair. The MPs don’t have to reveal who they voted for if they don’t want to. And given how badly they appear to have bungled their final round of voting in this contest, it seems unlikely we’ll ever know what really happened.

The Tory party appears to be veering toward the right with the final two candidates - here we look at the difference between the pair

That was not supposed to happen. James Cleverly, the favourite to be next leader of the Conservatives, will now not even have the opportunity to face party members, having failed to attract enough votes in the final round of MP voting.

The former immigration minister and conservative-turned-rebel was once seen as a moderate centrist, but became the Tory rightwing flag bearer in the leadership contest

Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick are facing each other in the Tory leadership contest after the surprise knock-out of James Cleverly