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With the mercury about to hit 40C, Tory leadership candidates turned up the heat in an ITV debate - which descended into personal score-settling. Here are the cattiest remarks, from Rishi Sunak's private school to Penny Mordaunt's 'dangerous' economics

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak was attacked by three other contenders on tax and spending

The five Tory leadership candidates snubbed even a below-inflation pay rise as they tore furious strips off each other in an ITV debate - where Liz Truss accused Rishi Sunak of causing a recession

The remaining five Tory leadership candidates were clashing tonight in an ITV debate after they took swipes at each other over Brexit, tax cuts and trans rights

Analysis: Contenders hope to reverse Johnson’s high-tax, high-spending policies but are vague about how they will protect services

The five candidates left standing in the race have traded personal barbs but little in the way of policy promises ahead of a second head-to-head tv debate.

Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt have both ruled out leaving the European Convention on Human Rights - drawn up after the Second World War. But other Tory leadership candidates are harder to pin down

Intelligent Conservatives must surely know that they should soon change course before their retrograde, fanatical party collides with the rocks, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The candidates to become the next British prime minister burnished their right-wing credentials Sunday, as they looked to remain in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. Many of the five remaining hopefuls highlighted issues linked to Brexit and immigration as they attempted to woo fellow Conservative lawmakers ahead of a…