Tory leadership candidate James Cleverly has urged his party to “be more normal” and take inspiration from US president Ronald Reagan. Making his campaign speech at the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham,

With the Tory leadership race down to the final four, Beth’s been at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham to watch the ‘beauty parade’ for herself, while Ruth and Harriet predict who will make it to the final two.

There are plenty of more important things in politics than who becomes the next Conservative leader – two thirds of voters don’t even care, according to Ipsos polling, including almost a third of people who backed the party at the election – but if you are interested in the outcome,

Tory leadership candidates set out their vision for the Conservatives on Wednesday in their final speeches at the party conference. Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch made their pitches to members in Birmingham in their bids to replace Rishi Sunak.

Follow live coverage of this year's Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham where four MPs are vying to succeed Rishi Sunak as leader.

Tory leadership candidates pitch to members in final conference speeches - The speeches come at the end of a conference at which the contest has taken centre stage.

James Cleverly has called on the Conservatives to “be more normal” in his pitch to be the party’s next leader. The former home secretary issued the bizarre plea as he made his pitch to succeed Rishi Sunak at the Tory conference in Birmingham.

JAMES Cleverly has told the Tories to “be more normal” as the final four leadership rivals made their closing conference pitches. All candidates are delivering 20-minute speeches to the party