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Rishi Sunak tops second round of voting in UK leadership contest

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister, as one candidate was eliminated.

Reuters

Penny Mordaunt hopes distance from Johnson era can boost chances

Analysis: confident message from MP relatively untainted by association with Johnson seems to resonate with many Tories

The Guardian - UK

Votes being counted in second round of Tory leadership contest

Rishi Sunak topped the voting in the first round of the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

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Nicola Sturgeon willing to 'compromise' on independence referendum with new Tory Prime Minister

The SNP leader made clear however that any negotiation would be on the detail of the vote, not the principle

Daily Record

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become Tory leader?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and faces uphill battle to displace favourites Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt

The Independent UK

Speaker should have ‘dealt with Prime Minister’ instead, protesting Alba MP says

KENNY MacAskill, one of the Alba MP’s who was on Wednesday removed from the House of Commons for staging an independence protest at the start of…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi, eat your heart out: the Conservative grassroots already have their darling

Members indicate their new leader should be a competent unity candidate, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK

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Liz Truss 'gets lost' trying to leave room after telling Tories she should be PM

The Foreign Secretary was spotted striding into a crowd before looking around in confusion for the exit, while three members of staff erupted into giggles by the doorway

Daily Mirror

Online Safety Bill delayed as row breaks out over free speech and child safety

The Bill had been regarded as a major landmark in tech regulation while critics claimed it was “fundamentally broken"

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss forced to defend campaign after Mordaunt surge

Insisted she would not make ‘disparaging comments’ about her rivals

The Independent UK

Sturgeon: Independence is ‘essential’ as UK faces shift to right under new PM

The First Minister spoke out as she launched a new paper aimed at making the case for Scottish independence.

The Independent UK

Conservative MPs vote in second ballot as Mordaunt comes under fire from rivals

Penny Mordaunt came under fire from allies of Liz Truss as the Tory leadership contest became increasingly bitter.

The Independent UK

30 questions Tory leadership candidates must answer as MPs hold crunch vote today

Richard Murphy, esteemed political economist and a long-standing member of the Tax Justice Network, reveals the 30 questions the remaining Tory Leadership hopefuls need to answer

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss says 'now is time' to 'deliver' despite being in Cabinet for 8 years

The Foreign Secretary enjoys the support of a number of Boris Johnson's allies including Kwasi Kwarteng and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.

Daily Mirror

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Evening Standard

The extraordinary rise of Rishi Sunak: modern Britain’s youngest, richest and first Hindu PM

He’s the UK’s third leader of 2022 but he’s a man of firsts – so how will he fare in Downing Street? Katie Strick charts the rise, fall and rise again of ‘Dishy Rishi’

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss ‘ready to be PM’ as she tries to reboot flagging Tory leadership bid

Foreign secretary portrays herself as ‘ready to be PM from day one’ in clear dig at rival Penny Mordaunt

The Independent UK

Loyalty to PM stopped me quitting, says Truss as she hails ‘record of delivery’

The Foreign Secretary said she is ready to be ‘prime minister from day one’.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon insists Scots have 'right to change their minds' on independence following 2014 referendum

The First Minister insisted she had respected the result of the 2014 referendum - but claimed circumstances had changed because of Brexit.

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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak bid to put brake on Penny Mordaunt

Tory big beats clash over who has key experience to take over as prime minister

The Independent UK

All the things delayed by the Tory leadership contest

Critics say government has ground to a halt while the Tory party chooses a new leader

The Guardian - UK

Who should succeed Boris Johnson as Tory leader? Our panel’s verdict

With six candidates still standing, our panellists discuss who would make the best – or least worst – prime minister

The National (Scotland)

Watch Liz Truss 'get lost' while leaving her own leadership campaign launch

LIZ Truss appeared to get lost while trying to find the exit from her own leadership launch, video footage shows.

Evening Standard

Insurgents are trumping the incumbents in this topsy-turvy Tory drama

Move out of the way, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, there’s a new generation of Tories in town. The flavour of the month in the leadership contest is those untainted by Boris Johnson. Older candidates are finding themselves cast out — Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt fell on the scrap…

Reuters

UK leadership contender Truss pledges "upward trajectory" for economy by 2024

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss pledged to get the British economy on an "upward trajectory" by the time of the next national election in 2024 as she set out her pitch on Thursday to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.

The Independent UK

What time is the latest Tory leadership vote today?

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt appear to be leading the field but all to play for

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