Chris Philp has declared he is "absolutely" a "Kemi Badenoch fan" as he offered his support for the Tory leadership hopeful during the party's annual conference.

Battling against James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat to replace Rishi Sunak as the party leader, Kemi Badenoch has told the conference in her keynote speech that Labour is "trashing" Tory principles, and vowed to "clean up their mess" at the next election.