Tory mayor Andy Street has been defeated in the crucial battle for the West Midlands in a result that has left Rishi Sunak’s premiership hanging by a thread. The shock defeat follows a difficult ...

Senior Conservatives are drawing up a secret plan to parachute Andy Street into the House of Commons by giving him a plum safe seat. Party figures and Tory grandees held talks last week about ...

“One or more” of the candidates for the Conservative leadership has behaved in a way that is “inauthentic” at the party ...

There are fears that hundreds of councillors will lose their seats, while Mr Street and Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen are struggling to cling on. Tory hopeful Susan Hall is lagging Sadiq Khan in ...

Voters viewing Conservative mayoral candidate Andy Street as “almost independent” will boost his chances of getting reelected, a senior Tory has told NationalWorld. Street, who is hoping to ...