The Tory leadership hopeful told a fringe event at the party conference his approach to migration would ultimately ‘save lives’.

Tory MP Gagan Mohindra accused his party of not doing enough for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) while in power.

Robert Jenrick said that the party should be ‘firmly on the side of parents’ in the wake of Ms Badenoch’s interview.

The Conservative leadership candidate said he wanted to abolish the centrally controlled candidate list system.