Robert Jenrick emerges as surprise frontrunner in Tory leadership race

Jenrick raises £250,000 in funds and leads in polls ahead of Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat Robert Jenrick is outgunning his Tory leadership rivals with big donors after raking in £250,000 by the end of last month, while some other candidates are still short of the fundraising target required to stay in the race. Jenrick raised the quarter of a million pounds by the end of August, while his nearest competitor, Kemi Badenoch, reached about £200,000.