James Cleverly first to declare run for Conservative leadership

James Cleverly has become the first candidate to throw his hat into the ring for the leadership for the Conservative party.

The shadow home secretary said he was “best placed” to unite the Tories and overturn Keir Starmer’s “loveless landslide” to re-enter government.

In a shot against colleagues on the hard right of the Conservative party, Cleverly warned against “sacrificing pragmatic government in the national interest on the…