Round-up of new Conservative candidates selected in target seats, from Darlington to Plymouth

Also including: Twickenham, Battersea, Croydon Central, Kingston and Surbiton, and Dewsbury.

Exclusive. Tory Association Chairmen protest against the “misuse of Party funds” on “propaganda campaign” backing the deal

ConservativeHome can reveal a letter signed by 32 senior activists, including the chairmen of key marginals and target seats across the country.

Nine out of ten Conservative activists are against a second referendum. Our survey.

And No Deal is now activists’ most favoured option of all. Views are hardening as the endgame looms into sight.

Tory activists flatly refuse to deliver leaflets backing May’s EU deal

Many Conservative Associations will not even take receipt of the boxes. And CCHQ will not say how much money it has spent on the campaign.

Polite discomfort (or “a load of arse-kissing”) on the Prime Minister’s conference call with senior Tory activists

“No-one had a pop at her”, I’m told – but equally her answers don’t seem to have won round the assembled Association officers.

May’s Deal 2) Rebecca Ryan – It endangers Leave. Now the 51 MPs who have pledged to Stand Up for Brexit must keep their promise

I am deeply disappointed by the path that the Prime Minister has chosen. It seems to be the very opposite of what the British people voted for.

Our survey. More than four in ten Conservative members want May to step down immediately.

Four fifths of our panel remain opposed to her leadership, but within that group there has been a significant hardening of attitudes.

Selection news: Peterborough shortlist revealed, and the first London seats open for candidate applications

Plus: the postponed selection processes in Darlington and Wirral West have been restarted. And: Ryan Henson selected in Bedford.

A candidate shortage strikes Conservative target seats

Numbers applying for target seats are down across the board. At least one Tory association has refused to shortlist, and demanded applications be reopened.

Hamish McFall: CCHQ’s inquisitorial approach to council candidates risks deterring good people

Sitting councillors and aspirant candidates alike have been irritated and offended by the new process.

Iain Dale: Oh, I do want the Conservative conference to be beside the seaside

The excuse is always that there aren’t enough beds in other places. How come Labour goes to Brighton, then?

The Minister who only just became a Conservative

The legacy of past disorganisation in our Party’s machine even affects those at the top.

Tim Bale: How the Conservatives can turn new members into activists

A national membership system is a good start, but it must be accompanied by pro-active engagement from local associations.

Priti Patel: It’s time to elect the Party Chairman – and put our members back in charge of the Conservatives

Over the last decade our activists, supporters and members have become a distant feature of an increasing centralised Party machine – remote, distant and out of touch.

Selection news: Shortlists revealed for Ipswich, and Warwick & Leamington

Several ConservativeHome contributors are among those who have made the final round in the two target seats