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Votes being counted in second round of Tory leadership contest

Rishi Sunak topped the voting in the first round of the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become Tory leader?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and faces uphill battle to displace favourites Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt

The Independent UK

Rishi, eat your heart out: the Conservative grassroots already have their darling

Members indicate their new leader should be a competent unity candidate, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

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Liz Truss 'gets lost' trying to leave room after telling Tories she should be PM

The Foreign Secretary was spotted striding into a crowd before looking around in confusion for the exit, while three members of staff erupted into giggles by the doorway

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss launches leadership campaign by drawing on her Paisley roots

The wannabe Prime Minister referred to her time at West Primary when seeking to drum up support for her leadership bid this morning.

Daily Record

Liz Truss forced to defend campaign after Mordaunt surge

Insisted she would not make ‘disparaging comments’ about her rivals

The Independent UK

Conservative MPs vote in second ballot as Mordaunt comes under fire from rivals

Penny Mordaunt came under fire from allies of Liz Truss as the Tory leadership contest became increasingly bitter.

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Tom Tugendhat backtracks after casting doubt on net zero pledge

Tory leadership candidate is said to have told MPs he wanted to look again at date of 2050 pledge

The Independent UK

I'll make DWP Universal Credit 'much' more generous says Tory leadership candidate

Tom Tugendhat is the first Tory leadership contender to make a staunch defence of the benefit system and vow to make it more generous. But he'll almost certainly be out of the contest within days

Daily Mirror

30 questions Tory leadership candidates must answer as MPs hold crunch vote today

Richard Murphy, esteemed political economist and a long-standing member of the Tax Justice Network, reveals the 30 questions the remaining Tory Leadership hopefuls need to answer

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss says 'now is time' to 'deliver' despite being in Cabinet for 8 years

The Foreign Secretary enjoys the support of a number of Boris Johnson's allies including Kwasi Kwarteng and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.

Daily Mirror

The Tory leadership candidates’ voting records from Brexit to LGBT rights

While most have voted in line with the Conservative whip, we look at what the remaining candidates have supported and opposed

The Independent UK

Liz Truss ‘ready to be PM’ as she tries to reboot flagging Tory leadership bid

Foreign secretary portrays herself as ‘ready to be PM from day one’ in clear dig at rival Penny Mordaunt

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership: Who are the candidates and what did they do before politics?

What job did the candidates do before they became an MP, where were they educated, and who were their parents?

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Loyalty to PM stopped me quitting, says Truss as she hails ‘record of delivery’

The Foreign Secretary said she is ready to be ‘prime minister from day one’.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak bid to put brake on Penny Mordaunt

Tory big beats clash over who has key experience to take over as prime minister

The Independent UK

Tory leadership - live: Mordaunt gains ground on Sunak as Braverman ousted in second round

Former defence secretary’s lead over Liz Truss grows - but attorney-general backs foreign secretary

The Guardian - UK

Who should succeed Boris Johnson as Tory leader? Our panel’s verdict

With six candidates still standing, our panellists discuss who would make the best – or least worst – prime minister

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Evening Standard

Outsiders pin their hopes on ‘doing a Nick Clegg’ in TV debates

Tory leadership hopefuls were on Thursday preparing for make-or-break television showdowns in the fight to become the next prime minister.

The National (Scotland)

Watch Liz Truss 'get lost' while leaving her own leadership campaign launch

LIZ Truss appeared to get lost while trying to find the exit from her own leadership launch, video footage shows.

Evening Standard

Insurgents are trumping the incumbents in this topsy-turvy Tory drama

Move out of the way, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, there’s a new generation of Tories in town. The flavour of the month in the leadership contest is those untainted by Boris Johnson. Older candidates are finding themselves cast out — Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt fell on the scrap…

The National (Scotland)

'I'd have grave reservations': Lord Frost launches scathing attack on Penny Mordaunt

FORMER Brexit minister Lord Frost has launched a scathing attack on Tory leadership contender Penny Mordaunt, saying she was not up to the job when…

The Independent UK

What time is the latest Tory leadership vote today?

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt appear to be leading the field but all to play for

The Independent UK

LIVE: Tory leadership rivals battle for votes in race to Number 10

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is setting out her stall as she officially launches her campaign.

The Guardian - UK

David Frost has ‘grave reservations’ about Penny Mordaunt as Tory leader

Former Brexit minister and other Liz Truss allies hit out at Mordaunt after she came second in first ballot

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