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Liz Truss commits to £25bn Northern Powerhouse Rail plan ditched by Boris Johnson

The Foreign Secretary, who polls suggest is leading the contest to succeed the outgoing PM, has pledged to fully back Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), a move that will cost nearly £25 billion

Daily Mirror

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

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Tory leadership race: What happens next in Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss contest?

Final two vying to be PM will make their case to Tory members

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson takes swipe at Rishi Sunak over energy bill VAT U-turn

The outgoing Prime Minister said the controversial move would be "easier than we thought" in a thinly-veiled dig at the former Chancellor during a speech at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Birmingham

Daily Mirror

The Northern Agenda: Handsome is as handsome does

Warning to would-be PMs as Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss prepare to do battle in Leeds

Manchester Evening News

ITV Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard steps in to defend Ranvir Singh as Nadine Dorries hits back

The hosts were chatting to the Culture Secretary who was in Birmingham ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games

Manchester Evening News

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Conservative leadership race: London will be the engine room of our drive to level up Britain, vows Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are both sticking to Boris Johnson’s flagship levelling up plans

Evening Standard

Truss defends Foreign Office’s response to Russia after critical report

The Institute for Government said the Foreign Office’s focus on Russia had ‘softened’ since the Cold War.

The Independent UK

Londoner’s Diary: ‘Repair Parliament now before it costs fortune’

In today’s Diary: Parliament repairs costs keep going up / Lisa Nandy’s No 10 jokes / Gok Wan wishes for “feel good” TV / Prue Leith wishes to block Truss / Sister Act musical... with a dog

Evening Standard

Scots trade union chief quits Labour and urges Keir Starmer to quit as leader

Kevin Lindsay resigned after Labour MP Sam Tarry was fired for defying an order not to join a picket line

Daily Record

Conservative leadership: Pragmatic Prime Minister is needed to navigate recession

City Voices: Candidates for PM must drop dogmatic approach to tax

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries blames Rishi Sunak for 'ruthless coup' to oust 'great' Boris Johnson

In a series of outspoken interviews - one of which was interrupted by someone shouting at a cameraman - Nadine Dorries tore into Rishi Sunak and said she was 'bitterly disappointed' by Boris Johnson's resignation

Daily Mirror

Truss and Sunak seek to woo northern Tory voters at Leeds hustings

The Tory leadership hopefuls will go head to head in a two-hour session, as the bitter race for No 10 heats up.

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Andy Burnham: if neo-Thatcherite Rishi or Liz betray levelling up, we need a fresh election

This may surprise you but, on a personal level, I have some sympathy for Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. Alongside David Miliband, Andrea Leadsom and David Davis, I am among 0.001 per cent of the British public who has come second in a leadership election.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss revives promise to build Northern Powerhouse Rail

Tory leadership frontrunner commits to building Liverpool-Hull line, nine months after government scaled back plans

The Independent UK

Johnson wants supporters to abandon bid to keep him in No 10, claims Dorries

Nadine Dorries, one of Boris Johnson’s leading supporters, said he does not support efforts to get him on the Tory Party leadership ballot paper.

Reuters

UK PM hopeful Sunak would have edge over Truss with swing voters – poll

British leadership candidate Rishi Sunak would have a significant edge over his rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss among swing voters if he became prime minister, a YouGov poll of almost 5,000 Britons showed on Thursday.

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Martin Lewis' dire warning on energy bills that are now predicted to get even worse than we thought

Fresh data from BFY Group suggests gas bills could reach £4,000 next year

The Independent UK

Martin Lewis calls for ‘zombie government’ to take urgent action over £3,500 energy bills

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss should not wait for end of Tory leadership race to act, consumer champion says

The Guardian - UK

The difference between the Tory candidates’ tax plans? One is bad, the other is really bad

Neither has the first idea of what they’re doing. Truss’s proposal does little for those who need it, and Sunak’s is a desperate U-turn, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor

Daily Record

Nadine Dorries interview interrupted as off-camera fight explodes live on air

The Culture Secretary was being questioned by Sky News when she was distracted by an off-camera altercation with the cameraman in Birmingham.

Daily Mirror

GMB’s Ben Shephard forced to cut into awkward Nadine Dorries spat over price of earrings

Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard was forced to cut into an interview as Ranvir Singh questioned Nadine Dorries on the ITV show

Chronicle Live

Martin Lewis calls on Sunak, Truss and Johnson to 'urgently intervene' with energy cap action plan

'This isn't the time for a flaccid Government' the Money Saving Expert founder wrote amid fears bills will rise to £3,500 a year from October 2022

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss facing Tory members in Leeds for first official leadership hustings – as it happened

Leadership rivals bid to win members’ support in foreign secretary’s home town

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