Kemi Badenoch blanked all journalists after her final speech at the Conservative Party conference today and just hurried away from the press pack. The Tory leadership candidate was the last of the four remaining contenders hoping to replace Rishi Sunak to speak to the party faithful on the last day of the annual gathering.

Kemi Badenoch put her faltering leadership campaign back on track with a powerful speech to end the Tory conference. The former business secretary has had a difficult conference with missteps on maternity pay and her suggestion that some civil servants “should be in prison”,

Tory leadership candidates pitch to members in final conference speeches. Conservative leadership candidates reflected on their general election defeat in their final speeches at the party's conference.