UK PM commits to hold UK-Caribbean forum with leaders of the nations most affected by slavery’s legacy next year

Conservative leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has said the contest is “absolutely not” over after a survey by ConservativeHome suggested he was trailing Kemi Badenoch by 31% to 55%, reports the PA news agency.

Asked whether the contest was all over, Jenrick said:

Absolutely not – this is neck and neck, that’s a survey not a poll.”

There’s everything to fight for, and I’m certainly going off around the country as I have throughout the summer.

And I think my message is resonating with members and with the public that we need to learn our lessons, we need to have strong and clear policies now, not the vague promise of one tomorrow, unite the party and take the fight to Labour as quickly as possible.”

Because we should not be borrowing or taxing more, this money should come from our overseas aid budget”.