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UK's Liz Truss maintains big lead in leadership contest - poll

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on Thursday.

Reuters

Truss and Sunak are promising sunshine without rain – don’t believe them

From Churchill to Roosevelt, great leaders have told the public the truth: that in dark times, sacrifices must be made for the greater good, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Tory rivals warned tax cuts could worsen pressures on public spending

Truss defiant as Sunak seizes on stark IFS report to attack her economic plans

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Tory candidates warned over tax cut pledges amid worsening economic outlook

Frontrunner Liz Truss and rival Rishi Sunak have repeatedly clashed over competing visions for the UK economy.

The Independent UK

Two-thirds of UK families could be in fuel poverty by January, research finds

Estimated 45m people will struggle to pay energy bills this winter with predicted rises in price cap

The Guardian - UK

Tax cuts pledged by Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak not possible without slashing spending, economists say

Institute for Fiscal Studies criticises Tory leadership contenders for failing to be upfront about economic crisis

The Independent UK

UK’s 10% inflation casts doubt on Truss and Sunak’s tax cut promises

Soaring cost of living is forcing up government spending on benefits, pensions and debt leaving no spare cash to lower taxes

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BBC's Stephen Nolan was lined up to host Tory leadership hustings in Northern Ireland

The BBC said Stephen Nolan's involvement in the hustings "had not been finalised in all of its aspects"

Belfast Live

Tory leadership tax cut promises ‘hard to square’ with UK’s future, experts warn

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said ‘permanent tax cuts’ could exacerbate pressures on the public purse.

The Independent UK

Lord Trimble’s widow backs Liz Truss in Tory leadership race

The Nobel laureate indicated his support for the frontrunner before he died last month at the age of 77 following an illness.

The Independent UK

'Boris Johnson is absolving himself of all responsibility for cost of living crisis'

Soaring prices will mean more pain for households, especially those on the lowest incomes, and more agony for businesses. This should be a matter of urgency for the person running the country

Daily Mirror

Union heads respond angrily to Liz Truss’s claim UK workers lack ‘graft’

TUC’s Frances O’Grady says employees need a pay rise not ‘a lecture on working harder’

The Guardian - UK

Inflation at 10%? This is class war – and it was years in the making

Austerity, Brexit and the cost of living crisis have been built on nonsensical misinformation, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss rejects plea to bring back Northern Ireland abortion ban in frosty hustings

In a hustings in Belfast, the foreign secretary was also challenged over her loyalty to Boris Johnson, who a member said, had "continually lied" to Parliament

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Mixed views on Tory leadership contenders from party members in Northern Ireland

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were quizzed by Conservative Party members at the Culloden Hotel on the outskirts of Belfast.

The Independent UK

Sunak attacks Truss’s tax plans as 10.1% inflation adds to cost-of-living crisis

The two Tory leadership contenders set out differing visions at a hustings in Belfast.

Daily Mirror

Next Prime Minister threatens benefits crackdown - as Sunak vows to be 'much tougher'

Both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, one of whom will be Prime Minister, have signalled they'd toughen up DWP rules even further - as Rishi Sunak said 'if there’s a job going, people should have to take the job'

The Guardian - UK

Truss’s jibe at British workers shows that she fails to understand the problem

UK productivity does lag the G7, but the idea that shirking is to blame does not stand up to serious scrutiny

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The Independent UK

Voters will never ‘forgive’ Tories refusing to act on energy bills crisis, Rishi Sunak warns party

Shadow chancellor condemns ‘moral failure’ of rival’s plans – but Liz Truss sticks to guns on tax cuts

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss plans to 'rebrand independence as separatism’ when prime minister

LIZ Truss will look to rebrand Scottish independence as “separatism” in an effort to paint the movement in a negative light, reports say.

Wales Online

Charity warns 'unprecedented numbers' of pensioners may die in their homes this winter

Age UK has written to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, one of whom will be the next Prime Minister, about the situation

The National (Scotland)

STUC chief: Truss has a ‘brass neck’ calling for more graft from British workers

Liz Truss has faced brutal criticism following the revelation that she said British workers need “more graft” and suggested they lack “skill…

Daily Mirror

More than 70% of Tory voters back nationalising energy firms who fail to cut prices

Polling released by campaign group 38 Degrees found 86% of the public and 85% Tory voters, are in favour of keeping the cap at its current level of £1,971 - amid bleak forecasts it could otherwise reach £5,500 in the spring

Daily Record

'Any place, any time' Nicola Sturgeon challenges next Tory Prime Minister to independence debate

The SNP leader reacted to Rishi Sunak's description of a 2023 referendum as 'barmy' by challenging whoever becomes Prime Minister to debate the substance of the case for the Union.

Daily Mirror

Asda boss blasts 'Captain' Boris Johnson for 'going on shore leave' during crisis

Lord Rose, who is a Tory peer, lashed out at the holidaying PM, who has taken two breaks in a fortnight despite having just weeks left at the helm - fuming: "The captain of the ship is on shore leave, right – nobody is in charge at the moment"

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