For the depleted tribe of Tory members, a thin crowd of diehard acolytes and the weary leadership candidate teams arriving at the party’s Birmingham conference, this is the week that the jelly will begin to set in the mould of the party’s fortunes. It is still a very shaky dish.

Kemi Badenoch grilled after Tory conference rivals jump on ‘excessive’ maternity pay claim - Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch under fire for maternity pay claim but says remarks were ‘misrepresen

Tory leadership contender has caused consternation at the party conference after claiming the government was doing ‘too much’ on statutory maternity pay, before backtracking