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Is race an issue for Rishi Sunak? It's a difficult question for pollsters to investigate but the information we do have is telling

A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July 21 had him on 38% to her 62%. She appears to be winning the contest hands down.

The Conversation

The Liz Truss affair allegations that nearly ended her career

The alleged relationship sparked controversy when Liz Truss was selected for a safe Tory seat

Wales Online

I love Cabaret – but watching the Weimar Republic-set musical suddenly feels a little too immersive

The new stage version of the musical is a joy – but today’s spiralling inflation and fierce inequality make it too close to the bone, writes Zoe Williams

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Business leaders push for urgent government action to tackle cost of living crisis

Downing Street said Boris Johnson had no plans to introduce major new fiscal measures before the end of his premiership

Wales Online

Nicola Sturgeon calls for urgent meeting with PM over cost-of-living crisis

A meeting of the devolved administrations is due next month but the First Minister has called for it to be brought forward.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss vs Rishi Sunak: Where do they stand on women’s issues?

The candidates’ stances on abortion rights and tackling violence against women

The Independent UK

Business leaders join calls for emergency cost-of-living support

CBI chief Tony Danker has warned the Government against a summer of inactivity, following on from Gordon Brown’s plea for urgent measures

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Who knows if Truss or Sunak is right on the cost of living crisis – where are all the economists?

The profession seems to have gone AWOL, just when we could do with a bit of modelling on tax cuts v handouts, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak video vowing to shred EU rules branded ‘absurdly stupid and irresponsible’

Tory leadership candidate shares clip of Brussels’ documents going through shredding machine

The Independent UK

Education Secretary slams Rishi Sunak's 'cynical' plan to ban certain degrees

The former chancellor has said he would outlaw university degrees which don't increase students' earning potential

The National (Scotland)

'Keep Brexit Safe': Rishi Sunak mocked over 'Apprentice-style' campaign clip

RISHI Sunak has been mocked for a bizarre campaign video in which he shreds piles of EU laws in a pledge to “keep Brexit safe”.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak: Who is the former chancellor running to be the next PM?

Richmond MP must convince fellow Tories he is right man to lead economic revival and unite party

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become prime minister?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding

The Independent UK

Government 'goes cold' on Boris Johnson civil servant cuts plan after huge cost revealed

A WHITEHALL review into Boris Johnson’s plans to axe as many as 91,000 civil servants over three years has led the Treasury to “go cold” after…

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

Liz Truss U-turns: All the times her policies have been ‘misinterpreted’ - OLD

The Tory frontrunner has performed many U-turns, big and small

The Guardian - UK

Johnson accused of allowing ‘summer of drift’ amid cost of living crisis

Business leaders urge PM to act as No 10 says there are no plans to address crisis until next Tory leader is voted in

The National (Scotland)

Government rejects call to summon Cobra meeting to tackle cost-of-living crisis

DOWNING Street has rejected calls to summon a meeting of the Government’s Cobra civil contingencies committee to address the cost-of-living…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson's luxury honeymoon location revealed as Brits suffer cost of living

BORIS Johnson's luxury honeymoon location has been revealed as people in the UK suffer from the impact of the cost of living crisis.

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The Independent UK

Gordon Brown: Cobra should meet to consider how to solve cost-of-living crisis

The former prime minister issued a plea for ‘urgent measures’ to cover further rises in fuel bills.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson rejects pleas to hold emergency budget to fight cost-of-living spiral

Downing Street said it will be for the next Prime Minister to decide if any extra help should be given this winter as energy bills rocket to more than £3,200 a year

Evening Standard

Liz Truss: If London does well, so does Britain

Tory leadership hopeful ‘won’t leave London behind’ as pressure mounts over costs crisis

Daily Record

Liz Truss ally in car crash interview as he refuses 9 times to back cost-of-living handouts

The cost-of-living crisis is set to get worse with inflation currently at 9.4 per cent and expected to peak at 13 per cent.

Evening Standard

Tories singing from same hymn sheet as football’s Premier League

This weekend a competition began to rival the Conservative Party leadership content in its predictability and lack of intrigue. Though the standard of play is higher and the entertainment on offer greater than that provided by Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the English Premier League just opened another season in…

The Independent UK

Tax cuts won’t ‘fully solve’ cost of living crisis, admits top Liz Truss ally

Admission comes as Sunak says rival’s tax cuts won’t ‘won’t touch the sides’ for poorest families

The Independent UK

Voters want government to get inflation under control before cutting tax, poll reveals

Results cast unfavourable shadow over plans of leadership contest frontrunner Liz Truss

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