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Which Tory MPs are still in the running to be Prime Minister?

The contest to replace Boris Johnson as Tory party leader and Prime Minister heats up as eight MPs progress to the next stage.

Manchester Evening News

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi will offer 'friend' Boris Johnson a job in his Cabinet

The multimillionaire Tory leadership contender has been backed by Jesse Norman, Brandon Lewis and Amanda Milling. The new Prime Minister will be announced on September 5.

Daily Mirror

Penny Mordaunt says she 'has no willy' in bizarre Thatcher pitch for leadership

Penny Mordaunt, who polling suggests is the most popular candidate among grassroots members, quoted Margaret Thatcher as she referenced the divisive issue - and ruled out a snap General Election if she wins

Daily Mirror

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Why Labour are licking their lips at this horlicks of a leadership race

Another long hot summer, another Tory leadership contest, which resembles a political version of the wacky races on speed. I’m gutted that my personal favourite, Rehman Chishti, has withdrawn. Yes, even he doesn’t even know who he is… not for him the slick, expensive “let me tell you a story”…

Evening Standard

Tory leadership election plunges into bitter spats and lurches right as MPs hold key vote

Right-wingers were splintering this morning between Liz Truss and 'woke warrior' Suella Braverman as policies tilted further to the right all the time - and TWO candidates quoted Margaret Thatcher

Daily Mirror

UK Conservatives cast votes in 1st round of leadership race

Conservative Party lawmakers in Britain are casting ballots in the first round of an election to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Tory MPs are more focused on who they don’t want as leader than who they do

The two wings of the party are finding it increasingly hard to reconcile and are coalescing around ‘Stop Rishi’ or ‘Stop Liz’, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s deputy political editor

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Kemi Badenoch challenged to visit Scotland by SNP MP to see impact of Tory polices

EXCLUSIVE: Aberdeen MP Kirsty Blackman warned Badenoch's campaign bid "should concern everyone" after the pair clashed over foodbank usage.

Daily Record

Sajid Javid quits bid to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minster candidate list announced

The MP, who was raised in Bristol, will not appear on the leadership ballot paper

Bristol Post

Hunt backs Sunak’s campaign after losing out in first ballot – as it happened

Latest updates: Former health secretary failed to get the required 30 nominations, along with the chancellor Nadhim Zahawi

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon has no time for 'japes' from jokers running for Tory leadership

NICOLA Sturgeon has hit out at the “japes” in the battle for the Tory leadership following the news that one candidate has hijacked another’s…

The National (Scotland)

Nadhim Zahawi would offer Boris Johnson Cabinet role if he becomes Prime Minister

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is one of eight Conservative MPs to make it onto the first ballot to replace the current Prime Minister.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson 'certain' for top Cabinet role if I'm prime minister, Nadhim Zahawi says

BORIS Johnson would “certainly” be offered a top Cabinet position if Tory leadership hopeful Nadhim Zahawi wins the race to replace the interim…

The National (Scotland)

Lies, damn lies: Inside the 15 July Guardian Weekly

The fall of Boris Johnson. Plus: The Uber files, revealed

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The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi would ‘certainly’ give Boris Johnson job in cabinet

Tory leadership contender’s unsual pledge comes as Jacob Rees-Mogg says he would refuse to serve in a Rishi Sunak government

Evening Standard

Nadhim Zahawi: I would certainly give Boris Johnson Cabinet job if elected prime minister

The Chancellor described Mr Johnson as ‘probably the most consequential’ prime minister of his generation

The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps denies ‘dirty tricks’ by Rishi Sunak’s Tory leadership campaign

Transport minister also dismisses Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that Sunak was a ‘socialist chancellor’

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Ross 'can't be accused of flip-flopping on Boris Johnson', Tory MP claims

DOUGLAS Ross cannot be accused of “flip-flopping” on support for Boris Johnson, a Scottish Tory MP has claimed.

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Reuters

Ex-finance minister Sunak tops first vote to be next UK PM

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak won the biggest backing from Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday in the first vote to choose who will succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister, while two more rivals were eliminated.

The Guardian - UK

Feeling the urge to take back control from power-mad governments? Here’s an idea

We are told governing systems like ours are inevitable and irreplaceable, but real, participatory democracy is possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s loyal ally Steve Barclay backs Rishi Sunak for Tory leadership

Former chancellor has ‘all the right attributes’, says ex-No 10 chief of staff

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the under-fire Tory Party chairman

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rose to No 11 Downing Street and propped up Boris Johnson’s ailing administration last summer, only to be hit by a tax scandal himself

The Independent UK

UK Conservative hopefuls strikingly diverse, firmly on right

The race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being called Britain's most diverse political leadership campaign

The Independent UK

How does a Tory Party leadership contest work?

Here is how the complex process of a Tory leadership contest is expected to play out.

The Independent UK

Who will replace Boris Johnson? Latest odds for the next Prime Minister

Penny Mordaunt emerges as suprise favourite with bookmaker

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