Be it Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, the incoming leader will inherit a party in deep trouble.
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Both Churchill and Johnson had a complicated relationship with the Conservative Party.
Tax cuts could ease the burden on households and small businesses that are struggling, alongside tax increases for large firms.
Do party members choose their preferred leader or the candidate who is more popular with the wider public?
Boris Johnson is about to leave 10 Downing Street to be replaced by one of two colleagues. His history in the top job is a chequered one.
Candidates are either trumpeting their experience or using a lack of it to distance themselves from Boris Johnson. But which is the better strategy?
Some leadership contenders seem to have big plans for a smaller state.
The two front runners are more likely to face a right-wing candidate like Liz Truss than each other in the final phase of the race to replace Boris Johnson.
The scandals attract all the attention but the real problems in Johnson’s administration ran much deeper.
Conservative MPs vote in the first round and members in the second.
A play-by-play of the prime minister’s chaotic final days.
“Them’s the breaks” shrugs a departing prime minister.
Johnson will remain prime minister until a new party leader is chosen - which could take months.
The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
A look at the runners and riders in the Conservative leadership race.
As the Johnson government ends, here’s what lies ahead for a new UK chancellor
He hardly has any government ministers and his own cabinet tried to force him to resign. What is going on?
The prime minister’s personal popularity has plummeted but the people who decide how to replace him still can’t agree on a successor.
A heartening 70% of British voters want to allow Ukrainians into the UK but only 50% feel the same way about Afghans. And the difference is even starker among those who vote Conservative.
Byelection defeats in Tiverton and Honiton and Wakefield will have shaken some Conservative MPs.
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