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Rishi Sunak ahead of Liz Truss by only a few percentage points after public asked to rate Prime Minister candidates

The results suggest the public are split on the two Conservative Party leadership candidates

Wales Online

Boris Johnson should withdraw resignation, poll says, as 85% want him as PM

It comes as thousands of Conservatives sign a petition calling for Boris to stay

Wales Online

'I am the underdog,' says British PM candidate Sunak

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday described himself as the underdog in the contest to become Britain's next prime minister.

Reuters

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Rishi Sunak praised as ‘charismatic’ and ‘a strong family man’ after speech

Conservative Party members lauded the ex-chancellor following remarks in Grantham, the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher.

The Independent UK

UK leadership candidate Truss pledges to ditch all EU laws by 2023

Liz Truss, the leading candidate to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister, promised to scrap all remaining European Union laws that still apply in Britain by 2023 if she wins the Conservative Party leadership contest.

Reuters

Will Britain's Next Prime Minister Champion Free Markets?

Liz Truss promises a tax-cutting, deregulatory model for Britain.

Reason

Next prime minister could be decided by 'non-British' citizens due to loophole in Tory membership

THE next Prime Minister could in part be decided by those without the right to vote in a general election.

The National (Scotland)

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Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Polling shows party members want her – but the wider voting public would choose him

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two candidates chosen to go head-to-head in the battle to become the next leader of the Conservative party and, therefore, the next prime minister of the UK.

The Conversation

'Boris bus' set to protest Tory hustings in Perth and elsewhere, peer suggests

A swathe of the Tory party membership are not happy that Boris Johnson was removed as PM - with thousands reportedly lobbying the party chairman…

The National (Scotland)

Penny Mordaunt’s supporters ‘plotting to stop Liz Truss from becoming prime minister’

‘Fuming’ Tories are reportedly ‘tearing up their party membership’ over the chance of Truss becoming PM

The Independent UK

Liz Truss storms ahead of Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership candidate race, poll suggests

The battle to become the next Conservative leader has been whittled down to just two candidates

Leeds Live

Margaret Thatcher Looms Large in British P.M. Race

Both major candidates to replace Boris Johnson have branded themselves as heirs to the neoliberal icon’s ideological legacy.

Reason

Conservative members in Northern Ireland on what they think of final two leadership contenders

One NI Conservative member described the leadership battle between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as a "Hobson's choice"

Belfast Live

Liz Truss ambushed by badger cull protesters at Tory leadership hustings event

The Foreign Secretary oversaw the culling of the animals in a previous Cabinet role

Leeds Live

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Reuters

UK leadership candidate Truss leads rival Sunak by 24 points - poll

British leadership candidate Liz Truss held a 24 point lead over her rival Rishi Sunak in a YouGov poll of Conservative Party Members published on Thursday.

Irish Mirror

Change of UK leader could herald 'new start' in Brussels-London relationship, says Simon Coveney

'We hope that the new prime minister won’t pursue a strategy of breaking international law and breaking their word to Ireland and the EU'

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have very different visions, but one key similarity

It can be hard sometimes to look past the personality quirks of the final two candidates to be Conservative Party leader and prime minister.

Reuters

Analysis-Race for Downing Street drives tax policy split into UK Conservatives

Differences over how to revive Britain's slow-growth, high-inflation economy could hardly be starker within the ruling Conservative Party as the two remaining contenders to become its new leader, and thereby prime minister, clash over tax.

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The Independent UK

TV debates ‘could sway Tory leadership contest more than newspapers’

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are battling it out to be named the next prime minister.

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt hits back at ‘lazy’ jibes from boss Anne-Marie Trevelyan

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan was among those to use the Tory leadership contest to criticise Ms Mordaunt

Daily Record

Falkirk councillor backs Rishi Sunak to be next Prime Minister

Councillor James Bundy hopes Kemi Badenoch will be given a prominent role in government, and said of the two remaining candidates the former chancellor was likely to get his vote.

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt mocks criticism of her work ethic as she returns to the Commons

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan was among those to use the Tory leadership contest to criticise Ms Mordaunt.

The Independent UK

Change of PM could herald ‘new start’ in Brussels-London relationship

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said he does not have a preference between Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest.

The Independent UK

2 contenders battle for Conservative votes in UK leader race

The two candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister have begun a head-to-head battle for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader

ABC News

MPs and ordinary voters no longer have a say in who becomes Britain's next PM. Here's what happens next

Only a small section of the British public will decide who gets to lead the country following Boris Johnson's resignation. So who are they and who will they vote for?

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