No such disdain when James Cleverly spoke about 'being a mixed-race kid from south-east London', or when Kemi Badenoch spoke about lying awake at night crime-ridden Lagos. But it seems Mr Jenrick has his work cut out when it comes to getting people to take his back story, of a childhood in the West Midlands seriously.

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.

The four Conservative leadership candidates are preparing for their final chance to address the party’s conference in their race to be Rishi Sunak’s successor. Optimism, the party’s future and the economy will be among the topics touched on when Robert Jenrick,