Conservative party leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. AFP
Conservative party leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. AFP
Conservative party leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. AFP
Conservative party leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. AFP

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Who's still in the Conservative leadership race?

Two candidates remain hopeful of replacing Rishi Sunak

Damien McElroy
Damien McElroy
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October 08, 2024

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The race to become the next leader of the UK's Conservative Party has been whittled down to the last two candidates after a series of votes by party MPs reduced the field from six.

Apparent frontrunner James Cleverly was knocked out of the contest to replace Rishi Sunak as leader on Wednesday – a mere 24 hours after coming first in the previous round of voting.

The result means Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick – both from the right wing of the party – are left, the winner to be picked after a vote among party members.

On Wednesday Ms Badenoch won 42 votes, Mr Jenrick 41 and Mr Cleverly 37.

Robert Jenrick

The former immigration minister won the most support in the first two rounds of voting and has been second in the later rounds. He and Kemi Badenoch are from the party's right.

He is campaigning on introducing legislation to cap legal immigration. He also wants to pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Mr Jenrick told the Conservative Friends of Israel that he would move Britain’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “I stood in this very hall a few years ago and I said it then, as I say it now tonight, and if the Foreign Office or the civil servants don’t want to do it, I will build it myself.”

Nicknamed “Robert Generic” when first elected to the Commons in 2014, he has gradually moved farther to the right. The MP for Newark resigned as a minister in December, claiming the then-draft legislation designed to revive the Rwanda deportation policy did “not go far enough”.

Kemi Badenoch

Merchandise supporting Kemi Badenoch at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. PA
Merchandise supporting Kemi Badenoch at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. PA

Ms Badenoch attracted a huge amount of attention after questioning whether maternity pay needs to be looked at as part of cutting excessive red tape. She later denied wanting to cut the benefit.

She said: “Maternity pay varies, depending on who you work for – but statutory maternity pay is a function of tax, tax comes from people who are working. We’re taking from one group of people and giving to another. This, in my view, is excessive.”

The shadow housing secretary said her rivals, in particular Mr Jenrick, were distorting her words. “It shows that he’s not actually reading or listening to what I’m saying,” she said.

At another appearance she said maternity leave was badly structured for the national interest. “I think that there are things that we have to do to make sure that we make life comfortable for those people who are … starting families,” she said. “A lot of people have fewer children because they start having children later.”

She told the main stage meeting at this year's party conference in Birmingham that she was offering confident Conservatism. “I’m somebody who gets ‘cut through’,” she said. “I’m somebody who communicates our values and I always start from first principles. I can do it and that’s why I want to be Tory leader.”

Not afraid to be controversial, Ms Badenoch told a conference meeting of the Conservative Friends of Israel that a group of independent MPs who stood on pro-Palestine tickets are a “new threat”. She added: "We must not pretend that these people are a minority. We have to fight this ideology that has no business in our country.”

She became an MP in 2017 and, as minister for women and equalities, called for a change to the Equality Act so that gender is defined only as someone’s biological sex.

She said “renewal” was the first task for a new party leader and she aimed to rebuild the Tories by 2030 and respond to Reform UK’s threat from the right. The former business and trade secretary also made a leadership attempt in 2022 after Boris Johnson’s resignation, coming fourth.

The North-west Essex MP was born in Wimbledon, south-west London, but grew up in Nigeria and the US, returning to the UK at the age of 16. She has a master's degree in engineering as well as being a Bachelor of Law, and has worked at private bank Coutts and The Spectator magazine.

14 years of Conservative Party rule – in pictures

David Cameron, the new Prime Minister, and his wife Samantha enter No 10 Downing Street after his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II in May 2010. All photos: Getty Images unless otherwise stated
David Cameron, the new Prime Minister, and his wife Samantha enter No 10 Downing Street after his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II in May 2010. All photos: Getty Images unless otherwise stated
Theresa May speaks outside No 10 in July 2016 after assuming office as Prime Minister
Theresa May speaks outside No 10 in July 2016 after assuming office as Prime Minister
New PM Boris Johnson is welcomed by staff at Downing Street on July 24, 2019
New PM Boris Johnson is welcomed by staff at Downing Street on July 24, 2019
Liz Truss poses with her husband Hugh O'Leary at Downing Street on September 6, 2022 after becoming Prime Minister
Liz Truss poses with her husband Hugh O'Leary at Downing Street on September 6, 2022 after becoming Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak speaks at Downing after taking office on October 25, 2022
Rishi Sunak speaks at Downing after taking office on October 25, 2022
Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats hold their first joint press conference in the Downing Street garden in May 2010. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to lead the country in a coalition government
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Barack Obama and Mr Cameron play table tennis at the Globe Academy in south London during the US President's state visit to Britain in May 2011
Barack Obama and Mr Cameron play table tennis at the Globe Academy in south London during the US President's state visit to Britain in May 2011
Mr Cameron talks to British soldiers during a visit to the Camp Price forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in December 2012
Mr Cameron talks to British soldiers during a visit to the Camp Price forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in December 2012
Mr Cameron attends a meeting of G7 leaders in March 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands
Mr Cameron attends a meeting of G7 leaders in March 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani and Mr Cameron speak to the media during the London Conference on Afghanistan in December 2014
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani and Mr Cameron speak to the media during the London Conference on Afghanistan in December 2014
Mr Cameron and his wife Samantha are applauded by staff upon entering 10 Downing Street as he begins his second term as Prime Minister in May 2015
Mr Cameron and his wife Samantha are applauded by staff upon entering 10 Downing Street as he begins his second term as Prime Minister in May 2015
Mr Cameron travels on his campaign bus on the final day of campaigning in June 2016 as the country prepares to go to the polls to decide whether Britain should remain or leave the European Union
Mr Cameron travels on his campaign bus on the final day of campaigning in June 2016 as the country prepares to go to the polls to decide whether Britain should remain or leave the European Union
Mr Cameron resigns on the steps of 10 Downing Street on June 24, 2016, after the UK voted to leave the European Union in the national referendum
Mr Cameron resigns on the steps of 10 Downing Street on June 24, 2016, after the UK voted to leave the European Union in the national referendum
Queen Elizabeth welcomes Ms May to an audience where she invited the former home secretary to become Prime Minister and form a new government in July 2016
Queen Elizabeth welcomes Ms May to an audience where she invited the former home secretary to become Prime Minister and form a new government in July 2016
Ms May signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk invoking Article 50 and the United Kingdom's intention to leave the EU, in March 2017
Ms May signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk invoking Article 50 and the United Kingdom's intention to leave the EU, in March 2017
Ms May delivers a speech during an election campaign visit to Stoke-on-Trent in June 2017, before Britain went to the polls to vote in a general election
Ms May delivers a speech during an election campaign visit to Stoke-on-Trent in June 2017, before Britain went to the polls to vote in a general election
Ms May delivers a statement at Downing Street in November 2018, after the cabinet approved the wording of the draft Brexit agreement for UK withdrawal from the European Union on March 29, 2019
Ms May delivers a statement at Downing Street in November 2018, after the cabinet approved the wording of the draft Brexit agreement for UK withdrawal from the European Union on March 29, 2019
Ms May announces that she will resign as Prime Minister on June 7, 2019
Ms May announces that she will resign as Prime Minister on June 7, 2019
Mr Johnson waves from the door of 10 Downing Street on July 24, 2019
Mr Johnson waves from the door of 10 Downing Street on July 24, 2019
Mr Johnson poses for a photo wearing boxing gloves emblazoned with 'Get Brexit Done' during a stop in his general election campaign trail in November 2019
Mr Johnson poses for a photo wearing boxing gloves emblazoned with 'Get Brexit Done' during a stop in his general election campaign trail in November 2019
Pro Brexit supporters celebrate at Parliament Square as the United Kingdom exits the EU on January 31, 2020
Pro Brexit supporters celebrate at Parliament Square as the United Kingdom exits the EU on January 31, 2020
Mr Johnson speaks during a news conference on the Covid-19 pandemic in December 2020
Mr Johnson speaks during a news conference on the Covid-19 pandemic in December 2020
Chief Advisor to Mr Johnson, Dominic Cummings, makes a statement at 10 Downing Street in May 2020 after travelling to Durham during the coronavirus lockdown
Chief Advisor to Mr Johnson, Dominic Cummings, makes a statement at 10 Downing Street in May 2020 after travelling to Durham during the coronavirus lockdown
A handout photo released as the Sue Gray Report into lockdown parties in Downing Street was published, shows Mr Johnson at a gathering there in November 2020
A handout photo released as the Sue Gray Report into lockdown parties in Downing Street was published, shows Mr Johnson at a gathering there in November 2020
Mr Johnson poses in a group photo during the G7 Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, in June 2021
Mr Johnson poses in a group photo during the G7 Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, in June 2021
British armed forces work with the US military to evacuate eligible civilians and their families out of Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021, after the Taliban took control of the country
British armed forces work with the US military to evacuate eligible civilians and their families out of Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021, after the Taliban took control of the country
Russian military vehicles crossing a Crimea border checkpoint into Ukraine in February 2022 as the Russian invasion of Ukraine begins. AFP
Russian military vehicles crossing a Crimea border checkpoint into Ukraine in February 2022 as the Russian invasion of Ukraine begins. AFP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mr Johnson look at a plaque dedicated to Johnson in Kyiv in August 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mr Johnson look at a plaque dedicated to Johnson in Kyiv in August 2022
A man stands on the steps of the grounded Rwanda deportation flight EC-LZO Boeing 767 at Boscombe Down Air Base, in June 2022. The flight taking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights
A man stands on the steps of the grounded Rwanda deportation flight EC-LZO Boeing 767 at Boscombe Down Air Base, in June 2022. The flight taking asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights
Mr Johnson addresses the nation as he announces his resignation outside 10 Downing Street in July 2022
Mr Johnson addresses the nation as he announces his resignation outside 10 Downing Street in July 2022
Mr Sunak and Ms Truss take part in a leadership debate in Stoke-on-Trent in July 2022
Mr Sunak and Ms Truss take part in a leadership debate in Stoke-on-Trent in July 2022
Queen Elizabeth greets the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party Ms Truss at Balmoral Castle for an audience where she was invited to become Prime Minister in September 2022
Queen Elizabeth greets the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party Ms Truss at Balmoral Castle for an audience where she was invited to become Prime Minister in September 2022
Ms Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng visit Northfleet in September 2022, as the Chancellor released his 'mini-budget' that included tax cuts and sent sterling to a 37-year low
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Ms Truss delivers her resignation speech at Downing Street in October 2022, after just 44 days in office
Ms Truss delivers her resignation speech at Downing Street in October 2022, after just 44 days in office
New Conservative Party leader and incoming Prime Minister Mr Sunak is greeted by colleagues at party headquarters in London in October 2022
New Conservative Party leader and incoming Prime Minister Mr Sunak is greeted by colleagues at party headquarters in London in October 2022
Mr Sunak on board Border Agency cutter HMC Seeker during a visit to Dover in June 2023, as he gave an update six months after he introduced the Illegal Migration Bill under his plans to "stop the boats" crossing the English Channel
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Mr Sunak makes a statement in the pouring rain, as he called a general election, in May this year
Mr Sunak makes a statement in the pouring rain, as he called a general election, in May this year

Out of the race

James Cleverly

Shadow home secretary James Cleverly was the first Tory to declare his ambition to succeed Mr Sunak.

He believes in supporting Israel against Hamas and while foreign secretary he led British support for Ukraine. He said he could “unite the Conservative Party and overturn [Keir] Starmer’s loveless landslide” election win.

The party needs to expand its base of support and shake off the impression that it is more focused on infighting than serving the public, he said. “I have been a team player, which has meant I have had to promote other people’s ideas. I have not spent that time promoting my own ideas.”

Mr Cleverly, a centrist in Conservative politics, took an apparent swipe at the right wing of his party when he warned against “sacrificing pragmatic government in the national interest on the altar of ideological purity”.

In a social media video, he highlighted his credentials as having been home and foreign secretary, as well as serving as party chairman when the Tories won the election in 2019.

Mr Cleverly was first elected as the Conservative MP for Braintree in May 2015. After injury cut short his army career, he graduated with a business degree and joined the Territorial Army. He worked in magazine and digital publishing before setting up his own business. He was a London Assembly member before he became an MP.

Tom Tugendhat

The shadow security minister had battled James Cleverly to become the main centrist candidate.

Mr Tugendhat wants to cap annual immigration at 100,000 and has said he would see “the blood of the economy flowing again” through tax cuts. “We don’t do it because we worship high or low taxes. It’s because we believe in freedom,” he told the main hall in his audition to the faithful. “The reason we think taxes should be lower is because we think individuals are better when they are freer, when they’re able to make the decisions over their own lives, and when they’re able to put their effort and their energy into the projects, and the ideas that they think will work.”

The Tonbridge MP indicated he would be prepared to leave the ECHR if it was necessary to secure the UK’s borders. He denied the party would be split by the contest because on key issues, including the ECHR, gender, tax, net zero and defence, all Tories shared the same “common-sense” views.

He also ran unsuccessfully in 2022, when he pitched himself as the candidate untarnished by the scandals that had dogged Mr Johnson and his government. Having entered Parliament in 2015, Mr Tugendhat chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee for five years and previously served in the military.

Priti Patel

Ms Patel is a long-standing Eurosceptic who has said she was inspired to join the Conservative Party by Margaret Thatcher. She became an MP in 2010 and served in cabinet positions under Theresa May and Mr Johnson, as international development secretary and home secretary, respectively.

Ms Patel was a leading figure in the Vote Leave campaign, and as home secretary launched a points-based immigration system, signed the agreement with Rwanda to send asylum seekers to the country, and sealed returns deals with Albania and Serbia. She resigned as home secretary after Liz Truss became Tory leader.

Mel Stride

Shadow work and pensions secretary Mel Stride is one of Mr Sunak’s closest allies and his frequent media appearances made him the face of the Tory campaign in the run-up to the election disaster. The MP for Central Devon said he believed he was the right person to “unite the party”.

“We’ve substantially lost the trust of the British people and we’ve lost our reputation for competence, and I believe that I’m in a very good position to address those issues going forward,” he said.

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Liz Truss, who served as prime minister for 44 days in 2022 before she was removed, has now lost her seat in parliament. PA
Liz Truss, who served as prime minister for 44 days in 2022 before she was removed, has now lost her seat in parliament. PA
Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has also been defeated. Getty Images
Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has also been defeated. Getty Images
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer also lost her seat. PA
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer also lost her seat. PA
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer. AFP
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer. AFP
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. AFP
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. AFP
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. Reuters
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. Reuters
Penny Mordaunt delivers a speech after the declaration in Portsmouth. Getty Images
Penny Mordaunt delivers a speech after the declaration in Portsmouth. Getty Images
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk. PA
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk. PA
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan. Getty Images
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan. Getty Images
Chief Whip Simon Hart. Getty Images
Chief Whip Simon Hart. Getty Images

When will there be a winner?

The winner will be announced on November 2 after a vote of party members. Once only two candidates remain, after a last vote of MPs on October 9 the party membership will cast their votes on October 31.

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Although similar in its appearance, the concept of a fractional title deed is unlike that of a timeshare, which usually involves multiple investors buying “time” in a property whereby the owner has the right to occupation for a specified period of time in any year, as opposed to the actual real estate, said John Peacock, Head of Indirect Tax and Conveyancing, BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates, a law firm.

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Artist: Linkin Park

Label: Warner Records

Number of tracks: 11

Rating: 4/5

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  • Dubai’s savings retirement scheme for foreign employees working in the emirate’s government and public sector came into effect in 2022.
  • National Bonds unveiled a Golden Pension Scheme in 2022 to help private-sector foreign employees with their financial planning.
  • In April 2021, Hayah Insurance unveiled a workplace savings plan to help UAE employees save for their retirement.
  • Lunate, an Abu Dhabi-based investment manager, has launched a fund that will allow UAE private companies to offer employees investment returns on end-of-service benefits.
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UAE squad: Rohan Mustafa (captain), Shaiman Anwar, Ghulam Shabber, Mohammed Qasim, Rameez Shahzad, Mohammed Usman, Adnan Mufti, Chirag Suri, Ahmed Raza, Imran Haider, Mohammed Naveed, Amjad Javed, Zahoor Khan, Qadeer Ahmed
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The figure was broadly flat immediately before the Covid-19 pandemic, standing at 216,000 in the year to June 2018 and 224,000 in the year to June 2019.

It then dropped to an estimated 111,000 in the year to June 2020 when restrictions introduced during the pandemic limited travel and movement.

The total rose to 254,000 in the year to June 2021, followed by steep jumps to 634,000 in the year to June 2022 and 906,000 in the year to June 2023.

The latest available figure of 728,000 for the 12 months to June 2024 suggests levels are starting to decrease.

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The internal combustion engine is facing a watershed moment – major manufacturer Volvo is to stop producing petroleum-powered vehicles by 2021 and countries in Europe, including the UK, have vowed to ban their sale before 2040. The National takes a look at the story of one of the most successful technologies of the last 100 years and how it has impacted life in the UAE.

Read part three: the age of the electric vehicle begins

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Engine: 3.4-litre twin-turbo V6 plus supplementary electric motor

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7 — Michael Schumacher (1994, ’95, 2000, ’01 ’02, ’03, ’04)

7 — Lewis Hamilton (2008, ’14,’15, ’17, ’18, ’19, ’20)

5 — Juan Manuel Fangio (1951, ’54, ’55, ’56, ’57)

4 — Alain Prost (1985, ’86, ’89, ’93)

4 — Sebastian Vettel (2010, ’11, ’12, ’13)

Most sought after workplace benefits in the UAE
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  • Pension support
  • Mental well-being assistance
  • Insurance coverage for optical, dental, alternative medicine, cancer screening
  • Financial well-being incentives 
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Power: 420kW

Torque: 780Nm

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Nepotism is the name of the game

Salman Khan’s father, Salim Khan, is one of Bollywood’s most legendary screenwriters. Through his partnership with co-writer Javed Akhtar, Salim is credited with having paved the path for the Indian film industry’s blockbuster format in the 1970s. Something his son now rules the roost of. More importantly, the Salim-Javed duo also created the persona of the “angry young man” for Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the 1970s, reflecting the angst of the average Indian. In choosing to be the ordinary man’s “hero” as opposed to a thespian in new Bollywood, Salman Khan remains tightly linked to his father’s oeuvre. Thanks dad. 

At a glance

- 20,000 new jobs for Emiratis over three years

- Dh300 million set aside to train 18,000 jobseekers in new skills

- Managerial jobs in government restricted to Emiratis

- Emiratis to get priority for 160 types of job in private sector

- Portion of VAT revenues will fund more graduate programmes

- 8,000 Emirati graduates to do 6-12 month replacements in public or private sector on a Dh10,000 monthly wage - 40 per cent of which will be paid by government

On Instagram: @WithHopeUAE

Although social media can be harmful to our mental health, paradoxically, one of the antidotes comes with the many social-media accounts devoted to normalising mental-health struggles. With Hope UAE is one of them.
The group, which has about 3,600 followers, was started three years ago by five Emirati women to address the stigma surrounding the subject. Via Instagram, the group recently began featuring personal accounts by Emiratis. The posts are written under the hashtag #mymindmatters, along with a black-and-white photo of the subject holding the group’s signature red balloon.
“Depression is ugly,” says one of the users, Amani. “It paints everything around me and everything in me.”
Saaed, meanwhile, faces the daunting task of caring for four family members with psychological disorders. “I’ve had no support and no resources here to help me,” he says. “It has been, and still is, a one-man battle against the demons of fractured minds.”
In addition to With Hope UAE’s frank social-media presence, the group holds talks and workshops in Dubai. “Change takes time,” Reem Al Ali, vice chairman and a founding member of With Hope UAE, told The National earlier this year. “It won’t happen overnight, and it will take persistent and passionate people to bring about this change.”

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Director: Jafar Panahi

Stars: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr

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Marie Byrne, a counsellor who volunteers at the UAE government's mental health crisis helpline, said the ordeal the crew had been through would take time to overcome.

“It was worse than a prison sentence, where at least someone can deal with a set amount of time incarcerated," she said.

“They were living in perpetual mystery as to how their futures would pan out, and what that would be.

“Because of coronavirus, the world is very different now to the one they left, that will also have an impact.

“It will not fully register until they are on dry land. Some have not seen their young children grow up while others will have to rebuild relationships.

“It will be a challenge mentally, and to find other work to support their families as they have been out of circulation for so long. Hopefully they will get the care they need when they get home.”

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