UK Conservatives

Anand Menon joins the HuffPost UK politics team as the Conservative candidates are whittled down to replace Theresa May. From 10 to three, who's coming out on top?Anand Menon joins the HuffPost UK politics team as the Conservative candidates are whittled down to replace Theresa May. From 10 to three, who's coming out on top? Rory Stewart definitely won't be, losing his tie in the debate and then ultimately losing the tie to be leader. Yeah, we know that's laboured. But speaking of Labour, is Jeremy Corbyn about to back a second referendum?
MP Andrew Mitchell belatedly joins the team as they take in the news from the first round of votes in the Tory leadership contest. Does frontrunner Boris Johnson need to do more though?
Theresa May has resigned as leader of the Conservatives, opening the door for a new PM in Number 10. But what does that actually mean – and what happens while the UK searches for its next PM?
As Donald Trump rolled into town and Theresa May prepared to mosey on out of Westminster, her list of successors salivated at the thought of some time with Leader of the Free World. But would the praise of Trump prove help or hindrance at the ballot box? Tom Tugendhat MP joins the HuffPost UK politics team in looking through the impact of Trump's state visit and what the candidates have to do to win the party favour.
From allowing grassroots members help decide policy platforms to simply letting young members run events without interference, the next party leader will only build a party that thrives if they are bold and are willing to bet the whole house.
After countless cups of tea and sandwiches, even the magic ingredients of goodwill and trust were not enough to get a breakthrough
Westminster finally saw the splintering of the two main parties this week, with both Conservative and Labour MPs coming together to form the Independent Group. MP Gavin Shuker took the HuffPost UK Politics team behind the story.
She was quoted in 2016 as saying Theresa May was the "best thing to happen to us in a long time".