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Tory leadership election live: Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick await final results

New Conservative party leader will be announced shortly – but James Cleverly says he won’t serve in either’s shadow cabinet

The national newspapers are ignoring the Conservative leadership contest on their front pages this morning. But the i has polling which should come as good news to the new Tory leader. In his story, Hugo Gye says the Conservatives are ahead of Labour in a voting intention poll. He says:

The Conservatives have regained a polling lead over Labour for the first time in three years in the wake of the Budget, a new survey suggests.

A BMG Research poll for i shows that just a quarter of the public feel positive about the government’s first budget this week, with 40 per cent disapproving of the package set out by Rachel Reeves.

NEW – I hear the turnout in the Tory leadership contest was above 70% and that the winner has a decent margin of victory…

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More New Conservative party leader will be announced shortly – but James Cleverly says he won’t serve in either’s shadow cabinetThe national newspapers are ignoring the Conservative leadership contest on their front pages this morning. But the i has polling which should come as good news to the new Tory leader. In his story, Hugo Gye says the Conservatives are ahead of Labour in a voting intention poll. He says:The Conservatives have regained a polling lead over Labour for the first time in three years in the wake of the Budget, a new survey suggests.A BMG Research poll for i shows that just a quarter of the public feel positive about the government’s first budget this week, with 40 per cent disapproving of the package set out by Rachel Reeves.NEW – I hear the turnout in the Tory leadership contest was above 70% and that the winner has a decent margin of victory… Continue reading…