Conservative leadership candidates have laid out their plans on immigration ahead of the party conference where they will be vying to replace Rishi Sunak as leader.

LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain’s defeated and divided Conservative Party gathered Sunday for an annual conference dominated by the search for a new leader capable of bringing the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat.

What happens at the party conference in Birmingham will decide the direction the Conservatives take, with all four leadership hopefuls taking different approaches in a bid to get the top job.

Britain's opposition Conservatives gather for an annual conference on Sunday, licking their wounds from an historic election defeat and locked in battle over the party's future direction.

Most say the new leader must end infighting after fourteen years in power ended in a crushing July election defeat and Labour landslide.