Robert Jenrick is hot on the heels of Kemi Badenoch in the Tory leadership race, new polling shows. The YouGov survey of Conservative members puts the former immigration minister on 29%, just three points behind the shadow housing secretary on 32%. Centrist candidates James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat are on 20% and 19% respectively.

Kemi Badenoch’s poll lead amongst Tory members has dropped from 18 points to just four ahead of rival Robert Jenrick, a new survey has found. The YouGov poll with Sky News found that if Badenoch and Jenrick went head-to-head in  the final round,

Tory leadership frontrunners Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch are scoring “own goals” hitting their campaigns to succeed Rishi Sunak, according to a senior parliamentarian.

Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has said “we should find a way to make life easier for those who are starting families”, just a day after appearing to say maternity pay was “excessive”.

Robert Jenrick is closing in on Kemi Badenoch in the race to become the next Tory leader, a new poll has indicated. Six weeks ago, YouGov put Ms Badenoch 15 points ahead of Mr Jenrick, with party members backing the former business secretary by 48 per cent compared to Mr Jenrick’s 33 per cent if the two went head-to-head in the final round.

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue says Kemi Badenoch has “made headway” in the race for conservative leadership in the UK. “She is really resonating with the Tory base,” Ms Krakue told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.

The big picture at Conservative party conference is that unless something changes, the next party leader will be Robert Jenrick. Tory MPs will vote next week to

Robert Jenrick is within touching distance of Kemi Badenoch after a surge in his support, according to an exclusive Sky News poll of Tory members.

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