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Unsavoury episodes evidently haven't been enough to put voters off handing Labour two thumping by-election victories overnight.

The lights have been flashing red on the Conservative Party’s flight deck for some time now. On Friday morning, a few more lit up. The plane is spinning to the ground fast. Some of the crew are pulling on parachutes and getting out while they can. But the passengers are still being told: don’t worry, we have a plan, we know what we are doing. Maybe there is a plan - but is it just to carry on doing the same thing until we hit the ground?

Disillusioned Conservative voters have had a string of opportunities to make their voices heard.

Sixteen months ago Rishi Sunak was installed as Conservative leader and prime minister in the hope that he would be able to turn his party’s fortunes around in the wake of the damage inflicted on the party’s popularity by Liz Truss’ ‘fiscal event’. However, Thursday’s by-elections confirm the message of the polls that Mr Sunak

Rishi Sunak has called for the Right to “come together” after surging support for Reform UK contributed to the Conservatives losing two by-elections to Labour.

The results will worsen fears among Conservatives that, after 14 years in power, the party is heading for a drubbing when a national election is held in less than a year

Downing Street is braced for defeats in both by-elections being held today, as a new opinion poll shows one in five Conservative voters are abandoning the party for Reform.

Rishi Sunak is braced for tests in Wellingborough and Kingswood, where Labour hopes to flip Tory majorities in the tens of thousands.

Eleven candidates are standing after a recall petition led to the ousting of Peter Bone as an MP.

Polls open to elect new MPs in Kingswood and Wellingborough.