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The BBC’s apology for its ‘shameful’ interview with Diana and Tory rivals ‘trading blows’ over tax cuts are the stories leading Friday’s newspapers.

The Independent UK

‘Unedifying and insulting’: Roundhay baffled as Liz Truss misrepresents leafy Leeds suburb where she grew up

It’s green, affluent and has a school long-renowned for excellence – so residents are astonished Conservative leadership candidate has continually castigated area where she spent her adolescence

The Independent UK

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

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Final two come to blows over tax plans in fierce Tory leadership race

Rishi Sunak claims the evidence suggests the Conservatives would suffer a defeat at the next general election with his rival Liz Truss in charge.

The Independent UK

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on why he is backing Liz Truss as next PM

Need to cut taxes stressed by senior cabinet colleague who acknolwedges Rishi Sunak as a 'strong contender'

Birmingham Post

Tory leadership race: Channel 4 probe stirs fresh doubts over Rishi Sunak’s ‘modest background’

The ex-chancellor’s team says he ‘is the product of a lot of hard work, kindness and sacrifice’

The Independent UK

'Tory Party is stuck in an Iron Layby clinging to divisive, bitter past'

The Tories have no viable future when leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak cling to the Iron Lady by professing their devotion to a divisive figure who was booted out of Downing Street in the last century

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Liz Truss confronted with impact of government failures at children's charity

The Foreign Secretary was told the facility in Peterborough only existed because parents weren't getting the support they needed, while a boss voiced serious concerns about tax cut pledges

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss calls on businesses to help pay for £250m Royal Yacht branded 'vanity project'

The Foreign Secretary, vying to become the next Prime Minister, also said she regretted comments she made as a teenager in which she called for the monarchy to be scrapped

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak fight over tax cuts as Blue-suited ghost of Thatcher looms

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak insisted he was the heir to the Iron Lady as he sought to convince Tory members he believed in cutting taxes - while rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who has pledged to slash taxes, was forced to deny she was modelling herself on Thatcher

Daily Mirror

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

Liz Truss opens up poll lead among Tory members but Rishi Sunak warns she would lose next election

A new poll gave Ms Truss a commanding 24-point lead among the Tory membership

Evening Standard

Brexit: European interest rates rise may push up UK’s divorce bill by £5bn

New Treasury estimate comes as European Central Bank increases interest rates for first time in 11 years

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re doomed’: Liz Truss mocked for Toploader revelation in resurfaced 2001 interview OLD

‘That record was a charity shop staple almost as soon as it was released,’ one Twitter user commented

The Independent UK

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Reason

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.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak steps up attack on Truss tax cuts as poll puts his rival well ahead

Former chancellor says opponent’s economic policies risk stoking inflation and pushing up interest rates

The Guardian - UK

MPs claim Foreign Office ‘inaction’ on sanctioning Iranians for hostage-taking

Officials involved in arrest and intimidation of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe named in Commons

The Guardian - UK

Shapeshifter Liz Truss on a roll as version 3.0 hits Tory sweet spot

It’s exhausting, keeping up with her journey. It’s almost as if she doesn’t believe in anything at all

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss’s tax and spending plans sow consternation among economists

Analysis: experts are lining up to warn that her policies will increase inflation and leave the UK with higher debt

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says evidence suggests Tories would lose next election under Truss

The former chancellor warned that going on a ‘huge borrowing spree’ would only ‘make the situation worse’ when it comes to inflation.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak vows to bring back Lord Geidt ethics adviser post if he wins race to No 10

‘It’ll be one of the first things I’ll do,’ former chancellor says

The Independent UK

Tory leadership: Liz Truss’s tax cuts will damage public services and bust Treasury rules, economists warn

Race favourite’s economic credibility under fire – as she appears to be coasting to victory in vote by Tory members

Daily Mirror

How Thatcherite are Tory leadership contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss?

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are fighting it out to become the next Prime Minister in a six-week challenge to secure the backing of the Conservative party membership

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Tory leadership and democracy: a dangerous deficit

Editorial: The next prime minister will have a threadbare mandate and badly depleted authority

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland secretary Shailesh Vara 'determined to avoid fresh Stormont elections'

He also rejected as "absolute and utter nonsense" reports that he once asked an official if he needed a passport to go to Derry

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