Former Tory minister launching leadership campaign; poll reveals potential frontrunners

Huw Edwards should return salary after arrest - culture secretary

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has called for Huw Edwards to return the money he made from the BBC after being arrested.

Speaking to Sky News, the Labour frontbencher said Edwards "ought" to hand back the cash he earned since November last year, when he was arrested over serious indecent images of children.

The disgraced broadcaster has since stopped working for the publicly funded broadcaster, and admitted his guilt earlier this week.

She said it was "wrong" for Edwards to keep taking the salary until he resigned.

The Welsh newsreader was one of the BBC's most highly paid stars.

"It's not a good use of taxpayer's money," Ms Nandy added.

"I think most people in the country would agree with that."

However, she says it is "up to him" on whether he does hand back the cash.

Jenrick giving leadership speech

Before he spoke, former common sense minister Esther McVey introduced him.

She repeatedly highlighted Labour's "betrayal" of various groups like pensioners and young people - before praising Mr Jenrick's ability to communicate and speak in public.

Arriving on stage, Mr Jenrick praises those who helped him keep his seat during the general election campaign, before saying he wants to breathe "new life" into the party.

This includes having members choose candidates for elections, and becoming a "mass membership" party.

Mr Jenrick says he believes young people can be convinced to be Conservatives - but this requires being pro-housebuilding.

He says that, during the campaign, he will tell the party some "hard truths", before praising the Cameron era for reforming schools and managing the public finances.

Mr Jenrick also praises Boris Johnson for getting Brexit "done".

He says the Tories lost the election because they broke a promise to the general public to bring down migration - and says that is why he resigned from cabinet last year.

As a Home Office minister, Mr Jenrick was not a full member of the cabinet.

He says he wants to embrace the levelling up agenda, and to get public services working well again - criticising money being poured into things like the NHS with no improvement.

Mr Jenrick says a fear of Labour attacking their intentions meant the Tory government did not take the difficult choices needed.

He quips that the "lions" on the front line were let down by the "donkeys" in the back office.

On migration, the former Home Office minister says the state failed to secure the country's borders, and that high rates of migration were not good for the economy - and he concluded the system was contributing to the UK's "national decline".

He says the party has to change "a lot" to win, and win back voters who they lost to both sides.

Mr Jenrick says the Conservatives need to change alongside the "best traditions and values" of the party - including generosity of spirit, respecting institutions and one another, and a yearning for national unity not division. 

He concludes by saying he believes the Tories can win the next election.

-SKY NEWS