Politics

"I've always voted Conservative but I'll never do it again."

The Health Secretary is being discussed as a future Tory leadership option after an expected defeat on July 4.

All results are being counted overnight, with the first results expected around midnight and final results due at around 6am on July 5.

Craig Williams and Laura Saunders have been cut adrift by the party over allegations they bet on the date of the General Election.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper pointed to record figures for small boat crossings, saying ‘people are not waiting, they are arriving’.

The emergency alert system was rolled out earlier this year and was intended to alert people to potential dangers in the surrounding area.

Critics described the move as "shocking", saying it "stinks of a cover up".

Double Olympic champion James Cracknell took a swipe at his own party, but insisted it was still the best choice for the country.

At a campaign rally the Reform leader unveiled a poster of a newspaper front page from 2016 with the headline ‘Boris blames EU for war in Ukraine’.