Shadow cabinet minister Mel Stride said perceptions about competence and trust contributed to the party’s election defeat in July.

A statement by the Nepal police said another 86 people were injured in the flooding and landslides while 62 are missing. The ...

A ‘fundamental shift’ means the Tories have to worry about Reform, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, Sir John Curtice said.

North Carolina’s governor reported that 11 people were known to have died in his state as a consequence of the storm.

New Scottish Conservatives leader Russell Findlay does not want to spend his career “only talking about the union”, he told activists and delegates in Birmingham.

The Prime Minister said new electricity pylons were needed to lower energy bills, with the alternatives being too expensive.

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak has urged the Conservative Party to cease its infighting, in his final address to Tory members before he stands down as leader.

Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has said she does “believe in maternity pay” after previously describing it as “excessive”. Ms Badenoch said on X that “contrary to what some have said” ...

St Teresa’s Hospice, in Darlington, is set to host a Moonlight and Memories Walk in South Park in memory of lost loved ones.

Pope Francis has demanded that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended ...

Hezbollah confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of the militant group’s central council, was killed in an attack on Saturday.

An eight-year-old mountaineer from Cumbria is taking on an “emotional” expedition up the three highest peaks in north Africa ...