Kemi Badenoch this week killed off any prospect of an electoral pact with Reform UK - emphasising differences between the Conservatives and Nigel Farage's party.

There will be many words written about the Makerfield and Aberdeen by-elections, but one thing is clear - the results have left the idea of the Conservatives doing a deal with…

Writing in today's Mail on Sunday, the Tory leader says: 'We are not the same, and voters are not ours to trade like football cards.'

Kemi Badenoch this week killed off any prospect of an electoral pact with Reform UK - emphasising differences between the Conservatives and Nigel Farage's party.