James Cleverly delivers considered, but occasionally funny speech in which party faithful are urged to be more ‘optimistic’

At the ongoing Conservative Party conference, Robert Jenrick, one of the frontrunners to replace Rishi Sunak, has said that India should be subjected to tough visa restrictions unless it takes back its nationals who enter Britain illegally.

A Tory MP delivered a brutal verdict on Robert Jenrick’s pitch to be the party’s leader. Jesse Norman described the former immigration minister’s speech to the Conservative conference as “lazy, mendacious,

Robert Jenrick's baseless claims that British soldiers are killing rather than capturing terrorists because of the ECHR should end his leadership hopes, according to a former soldier.

The contest to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader intensifies, with immigration at the forefront. Leading candidates Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch push for stricter Indian visa rules and stress cultural integration.

Robert Jenrick has been condemned by two of his Tory leadership rivals after he claimed the SAS kill rather than capture terrorists. The former immigration minister made the incendiary claim in a campaign video posted on X.

The election follows the resignation of Sunak as Tory leader in the wake of the party’s bruising general election defeat in July under his leadership.