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A shock result in the Tory leadership contest as James Cleverly is knocked out! Camilla and Kamal bring you the latest from the Tory leadership race after James Cleverly was knocked out in a hugely surprising result, leaving Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch to fight it out for the top job in the membership vote. Have the MPs got it right? And who’s best placed to take the fight to Labour? Plu...

Kamal and Camilla bring you up to speed with the Tory leadership race after Tom Tugendhat was knocked out this afternoon. Tom Tugendhat has been eliminated from the Conservative leadership race in the latest round of voting, meaning Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly are the final three who move forward to tomorrow’s penultimate round of voting before the grand final on November...

The Prime Minister's chief of staff gets the boot - why has she gone and where does it leave this ailing Labour government? Sue Gray has been ousted after losing a power struggle with Starmer's director of political strategy Morgan McSweeney. Camilla and Kamal explain why her defenestration matters, how it shows the PM's lack of judgement and why he now needs to get a grip of the narrative - fast....

From his reflections on the Covid lockdowns and a potential return to No.10 to his suggestion of a referendum on the ECHR, we’ll take a deep dive into the man behind the cover .  As Boris Johnson prepares to publish his 772-page memoir ‘Unleashed’, Gordon Rayner and Camilla take Kamal behind the scenes of their exclusive interviews with the former Prime Minister. Plus, your reaction to our ne...

It infuriates and frustrates in equal measure - electric cars, heat pumps, wind farms blighting the countryside. Is there any way to make a conservative argument for tackling climate change? Kamal is joined by those who treat Net Zero like a dirty word - and others who believe there is a blue way to a green future, instead of Energy Security Minister Ed Miliband's plans. We want to hear from you!...

It's the final day of the Conservative conference and the four remaining leadership hopefuls have been making their big pitches to the members. Kamal is joined by former Tory special advisor Henry Newman to listen through to the final speeches in Birmingham. They assess whether Tom Tugenhat brought enough energy, James Cleverly's digs at his rivals, Robert Jenrick's confused pledges and Kemi Baden...

On the second day of the Conservative conference in Birmingham, former Cabinet Minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg joins Kamal and Tim to talk about taking Reform seriously, why we aren't talking enough about net-zero and why he has signed up to star in his own reality TV show. Plus, as the Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates, we're joined by shadow foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell to talk about what th...

It's day one of the Conservative Party Conference and we hear from Liz Truss, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Sir Graham Brady... The Tory conference is underway in Birmingham and the mood is...surprisingly bouyant. Kamal is joined by Gordon Rayner to chat to Sir Graham Brady at a special live Telegraph event. The former chair of the 1922 committee reveals what he really thinks about each...

The former Telegraph and Spectator Editor Charles Moore is in the studio with Camilla to discuss the future of conservatism ahead of the Conservative Party conference. He gives his verdict on the Tory leadership hopefuls - including why he's drawn to Tom Tugendhat - as well as the past five prime ministers, and where it all went wrong for the party. Plus, as the official biographer of Margaret Tha...

It’s possible the government “overdid it” at the start of the pandemic, said Sir Chris Whitty today. Camilla and Tim are reentering the lockdown debate, after the former chief medical officer told the Covid Inquiry the government may have overstated the dangers of Covid in its early days. Have lockdown sceptics been vindicated? And — why has Camilla been unceremoniously dumped from her role interv...

Keir Starmer has been humiliated by his own party members voting against the winter fuel cut, and has also doubled down on accepting gifts, in another wretched twenty hours for the Prime Minister. On the final day of the Labour conference, party members gave the government a bloody nose by voting to oppose the winter fuel allowance cut. It won't change anything, but Keir Starmer now has a par...

Keir Starmer struck a downbeat tone in his first conference speech since the election, promising to make "tough long-term decisions" to rebuild the country. Camilla and Kamal are live from Liverpool once again to pick apart the bones of the PM's speech, which saw him dismiss criticism of his unpopular policies as "water off a duck's back". They also get all of the latest conference gossip from pol...

Camilla is in heaven: surrounded by Lefties, as Labour descends on Liverpool for its first annual conference since the election. But what should have been a jolly jamboree has been overshadowed by the cash-for-clothes scandal and a row over the winter fuel payment cut. Kamal and Camilla unpack Rachel Reeves speech - was it style over substance? - and speak to Jonathan Ashworth, the ousted Labour M...

Nigel Farage has given his speech at Reform's first conference since winning five MPs at the general election, and Robert Jenrick says English identity is 'under threat'. Kamal and Camilla review Nigel Farage's big speech at the Reform conference, their first since the election, with 4000 members at the NEC in Birmingham there to see him as he plots a course to become Prime Minister by 2029....

The PM's chief of staff has taken a nice payrise that means she now earns more than her own boss, whilst Sir Freebies himself can't kick the habit as revelations of more gifts emerge. A BBC story that Sue Gray, Keir Starmer's chief of staff, asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 - £3,000 more than the PM - has Westminster in a gossip frenzy, with leaks, power struggles and disgruntled...

It reads like something out of a spy thriller: thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah fighters exploded on Tuesday, killing at least 12 and wounding nearly 3,000 people.  We bring you the remarkable story behind the attacks, believed to be caused by explosives planted in the devices by Israeli agents. The Telegraph's senior foreign correspondent Roland Oliphant tells us whether the plot a...

And Ed Davey attacks the Conservatives in his conference speech, but shouldn't he have really gone after Labour - the party actually in power? 4.3 million people could be out of work due to ill health by the end of this Parliament, ushering in an era of “disease and bankruptcy” for Britain, according to a new report from The Institute for Public Policy Research. Camilla and Kamal look at the...

And as disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards is spared a custodial sentence today - what does it say about our justice system that he isn't in prison? The PM is known to be keen on a freebie - whether it's Arsenal tickets or expensive specs. Having accepted over £50,000 in donations in the last year alone from Labour peer Lord Alli, including clothes for his wife which he failed to properl...

Out-of-touch institutions for an entitled few or places of excellence offering essential support for kids who don't fit into state schools? Private schools have found themselves in Labour's crosshairs after it announced a controversial VAT rise, with the government now facing a potential high court challenge for breaching human rights.  Camilla and Tim bust some of the myths surrounding priva...

Plus a chat with Sir Graham Brady about his favourite Tory PM and his new "tell-all" book about his long tenure as chairman of the 1922 committee. From "ballooning" waiting times to delays in A&E to deteriorating cancer care, Keir Starmer is blaming the Tories for all the NHS's problems. Camilla and Tim look at Lord Darzi's damning report and break down what’s really gone wrong. Sir Graham Bra...

We take you behind the scenes as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head for the first time in a live televised presidential debate on ABC. Camilla is joined by a bleary-eyed Tim Stanley, who stayed up all night watching, to dissect the two candidates' performance, and they're also joined by US editor Tony Diver who was in the 'spin room' afterwards as Trump arrived to tell ever...

Earlier today, thousands of convicts were released onto the streets before the end of their sentences to help alleviate overcrowding. Camilla Tominey and Gordon Rayner speak to the former prison governor Vanessa Frake-Harris who dealt with Moors murderer Myra Hindley and serial killer Rose West behind bars, and ask how to solve the crisis in our prisons. Plus, five have become four in the Tor...

David Davis tells The Daily T he thinks “the balance of probabilities” is that the killer nurse is innocent, just as the health secretary says the public campaign to free her is “crass and insensitive”. With an inquiry into her crimes due to begin this week, the veteran Tory MP is in the studio again to reveal his own conclusions about Letby’s case. We also hear from a Cambridge statistician who h...

The favourite in the Conservative leadership race is in the Daily T studio for a cuppa, in our fifth and final interview with the remaining candidates. In this frank conversation, shadow housing minister Kemi Badenoch takes aim at her rival Robert Jenrick over his migration promises, addresses claims she’s too inexperienced to lead, and reveals her little-known talent for poker. We want to hear fr...

Was Tony Blair a political visionary who transformed Britain - or a warmongering hypocrite with a God complex? As the former prime minister publishes a new book about his lessons on leadership, Camilla, Kamal and Tim Stanley go head-to-head on Blair’s hotly contested legacy. Plus, it’s the issue that got you talking: when is a Union Jack actually a Union flag? We want to hear from you! Email us at...