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Who is backing who? Eight candidates in leadership race as Javid pulls out

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way

The Independent UK

Factbox-Now UK's Boris Johnson has quit, who might replace him?

Five candidates are left in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister.

Reuters

Comedian and immigration lawyer Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes: ‘The Rwanda policy doesn’t make sense’

Discovered while working in a pub, the comic has to take holiday allowance from her legal work to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut next month

Evening Standard

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Tory Dirty Dozen fighting to be PM aren't interested in helping hard-up Scots

Priti Patel could soon be the twelfth in a line of chancers ready to ingratiate themselves with backbench Tory MPs in the name of self-interest, writes Record View.

Daily Record

Tory leadership race 'nightmare' as Brexiteers jostle to take on favourite Rishi Sunak

Party chiefs want the 12-strong field whittled down to the final two by next week's recess, with the run-off candidates then spending the summer at hustings across the country

Daily Mirror

Tory leadership contest rules revealed as Rishi Sunak to launch campaign to replace Boris Johnson

A candidate will need the support of 20 MPs - potentially making it harder for some of the less well-known contenders to make it onto the ballot paper

Evening Standard

Penny Mordaunt and Kemi Badenoch top Tory party membership poll for next leader

FORMER defence secretary Penny Mordaunt is the top choice amongst Tory party members to take over the top job from Boris Johnson.

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Tory leadership election: what happens – and when – in the race to replace Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson’s resignation as Conservative leader has triggered the start of the process to find his successor. Rules setting out a two-month leadership election have now been confirmed by the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs.

The Conversation

Tory leader contenders smearing each other is pure political noir

Culture war issues, lurid rumours of affairs, business dealings and questionable tax statuses are flying back and forth between candidates

The Guardian - UK

Who is backing who in the Tory leadership contest? MPs say who they want to be next PM

Rishi Sunak takes early lead as MPs nail colours to the mast

Wales Online

Who is backing who? Tories nail colours to the mast in leadership contest

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are among the candidates leading the way.

The Independent UK

Scots educated Liz Truss eleventh Tory MP to declare candidacy for party leader and Prime Minister

Home Secretary Priti Patel is also expected to join the Foreign Secretary in the race today

Daily Record

Monday briefing: How disregard for the law turned Uber into a global empire

In today’s newsletter: What you need to know about the leak of 124,000 documents revealing inner workings of tech giant

The Guardian - UK

Osborne, Hancock and other ministers did not declare secret Uber meetings

Leaked files show at least six Tory ministers attended meetings that experts say expose UK lobbying loopholes

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The Independent UK

Ex-detainee of Australia’s offshore refugee detention centre shares fears over UK Rwanda plan

As the UK Home Office tries to get its Rwanda policy off the ground, a refugee who was held for six years on Nauru island tells Holly Bancroft about her concerns

Daily Record

For the first time we saw fear in Boris Johnson's eyes - and it was delicious

John Niven says he took sheer joy in seeing Boris Johnson 'at the end of his rope'.

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel’s plan to end Channel crossings in disarray as navy threatens to ‘walk away’

Official figures reveal that number of migrants crossing in small boats has doubled since military brought in

The Guardian - UK

Unfinished business: policies that could fail under UK’s ‘lame-duck’ government

Much needed decisions on energy to retail taxes look likely to stall amid political chaos

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The Guardian - UK

Mark Rowley appointed new commissioner of Met police

Former counter-terrorism chief takes over as force is embroiled in crises over women, race and homophobia

The Independent UK

Why did Boris Johnson resign? Timeline of his biggest scandals as prime minister

As the Johnson era appears to be drawing to a close, we look back on the moments that ruined his standing among colleagues

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson 'had curry with loyalists plotting future before reality dawned'

The prime minister was in Downing Street with his remaining backers on Wednesday night and was in fighting spirits over a curry saying "we can do this" before reality dawned, say reports

Dynamite News

UK: British PM Boris Johnson agrees to step down after several ministers resign

After more than 50 government ministers or aides of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday, he agreed to step down. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Who will replace Boris Johnson? The runners and riders

Analysis: ratings out of 10 of the chances of some of the likely contenders to be next Tory leader

Wales Online

More ministers resign as Boris Johnson clings on to power

At least 51 members of Boris Johnson's Government have now quit

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson resigns – live: PM quits, but says he will stay on until new Tory leader found

Departing minister inists PM should not be caretaker and should apologise to Queen

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