Former home secretary Priti Patel has called for the early release scheme to be suspended after fears that sex offenders and ...

Dame Priti was the first of the six candidates to become a government minister, having been made exchequer secretary to the ...

Dame Priti Patel is the Conservative leadership candidate who best understands the party’s members, a former Cabinet minister has argued in a new public endorsement.

And every contender will be buttonholing the 14 MPs who backed Dame Priti Patel, who has been eliminated after coming last in ...

Support from fellow Tory MPs was what mattered in the first four rounds of the Conservative leadership race, with all six ...

Dame Priti Patel has been knocked out of the Tory leadership race to replace Rishi Sunak, as rival Robert Jenrick was ...

Dame Priti Patel became the first candidate to be eliminated after gaining the fewest votes from fellow Tory MPs, leaving ...

Dame Priti Patel has launched her Conservative leadership campaign in London promising to get the party "back to winning ways". Dame Priti said: "The Conservative and Unionist Party is the ...

Dame Priti Patel has warned Labour’s four-day week plan would be “devastating” for businesses as she launched her ...

Dame Priti Patel has accused Labour of “arrogantly ignoring” local communities who are concerned about plans to blanket the countryside with pylons. The former home secretary made the ...

Third was James Cleverly with 21, fourth was Tom Tugendhat with 17, fifth was Mel Stride with 16 and last was Dame Priti on 14. Voting will continue in the coming weeks until there are two ...

Shadow Security Minister Tom Tugendhat is the latest Conservative to be booted out of the race to become the new party leader ...