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Boris Johnson accused of showing ‘total contempt’ for northern Tories after skipping conference

‘We were all ready with an oven-ready set of policies,’ says senior MP Jake Berry

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson pulls out of northern Tory conference as crunch Red Wall by-election looms

Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been due to speak at a gathered of the Northern Research Group in Doncaster and has yet to visit Wakefield to campaign ahead of Thursday's key by-election

Daily Mirror

The Northern Agenda: Is Boris Johnson at the races?

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Manchester Evening News

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Boris Johnson thinks he is honest, says Tory by-election candidate

But Tiverton and Honiton candidate Helen Hurford twice declined to say the Prime Minister is trustworthy.

The Independent UK

Bride's voice returns for her to say 'I do' in hospital wedding after brain surgery

Michelle and Darren Norbury got married at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield with the bride able to say "I do" after her voice returned just in time following brain surgery

Daily Mirror

Voters can trust Tories like they do GPs after Harold Shipman, says Wakefield candidate

Conservative candidate in Yorkshire byelection, Nadeem Ahmed, says Imran Ahmad Khan was ‘one bad apple’

The Guardian - UK

Tory by-election candidate says voters should still back party as ‘we still trust GPs after Harold Shipman’

Parliamentary hopeful says he believes voters understand there are ‘bad apples’ among politicians

The Independent UK

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All the routes and services affected by Arriva bus strikes in Leeds

The strikes have been going on since June 6 and look set to continue as both sides have failed to reach an agreement

Leeds Live

Trust Tories like you trust GPs after Harold Shipman, says Wakefield candidate

Conservative hopeful Nadeem Ahmed said former MP Imran Ahmad Khan, who was convicted of sexual assault, was a ‘bad apple’ like the mass-murderer GP.

The Independent UK

Tory says voters should back them as 'people still trust GPs despite Harold Shipman'

Wakefield Conservative candidate Nadeem Ahmed said the former MP for the West Yorkshire seat, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a boy, was "one bad apple"

Daily Mirror

Wakefield: by-election Tories set out a Brexiteer stall amid ‘controversy galore’ on national scene

Battleground focus

Evening Standard

Tory candidate in Wakefield by-election said Brexit ‘built on lies’ and regretted voting for it

Nadeem Ahmed also warned leaving EU had triggered racist attacks and backed second referendum, in embarrassment for Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

Wakefield and Tiverton by-elections: Why we’re having one, when is it and who is favourite to win?

By-elections will take place in West Yorkshire and Devon next week.

Evening Standard

'Boris out of ideas and now fighting old battles - we're stuck until he's gone'

The mass of Conservative MPs with no confidence in jaundiced Johnson will only grow larger when he loses red wall Wakefield to Labour and possibly Tiverton to the Lib Dems

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

‘Labour sure to win Wakefield’: more tips from the Mystic Meg of politics

Prof Jon Tonge has won most of his political bets, so here are some predictions from a ‘trumped-up Nostradamus’

Manchester Evening News

Appeal for missing Wakefield man last seen in Bury

Lennie King, 22, was last seen in Kay Gardens in Bury

Daily Mirror

Tory rebels vow to continue bid to oust Boris Johnson 'until he's gone'

Moments of high danger ahead for Boris Johnson include the Wakefield and Tiverton by-elections which the Tories are expected to lose. The PM also faces a damaging Commons investigation

Irish Mirror

What happens now as Boris Johnson survives no confidence vote - worst could be yet to come

While the Tory leader has insisted he wants to get on with running the UK, his behaviour has stirred up deep anger among his own backbenchers

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Daily Mirror

What happens now as Boris Johnson survives no confidence vote - worst could be yet to come

Boris Johnson has won the backing of MPs in a no confidence vote - for now. But not even his closest allies think the danger has passed, writes Mirror Political Editor Pippa Crerar

Evening Standard

The boos for Boris were the sound of a nation that is finished with him

The jeers for Boris Johnson at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday tell you nothing that the polling won’t. Despite the delusions — or lies — of his fast-receding tide of allies, his administration is over. Labour is 20 points ahead in Wakefield, where there is a by-election on June 23.…

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson will ‘face down’ Tory confidence test, minister predicts

Business minister Paul Scully said a leadership poll ‘may well happen’, but backed the Prime Minister to win.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson warned of Wakefield by-election disaster as no confidence vote looms

Boris Johnson could face a crunch vote in his leadership within days but even if he avoids a challenge, the by-elections in Wakefield and the Devon seat of Tiverton and Honiton on June 23 loom

Wales Online

Boris Johnson facing uncertain future as Wakefield by-election defeat looks likely

Conservatives trail Labour in the polls by 20 points for a seat they won with a 3,358 majority in 2019

The Independent UK

PM faces prospect of no-confidence vote as poll signals Tory Wakefield defeat

A survey has predicted the Tories may lose a key Red Wall battleground by as much as 20 points to Labour.

The Independent UK

Poll predicts heavy Tory by-election loss amid reports Johnson faces leadership test

The PM’s Partygate scandal swings voters towards Labour, polling expert says

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