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Priti Patel will not run in Tory leadership race to replace Boris Johnson

The Home Secretary said: “I will not be putting my name forward for the ballot of MPs.”

The Independent UK

Elon Musk wants everyone to have big families like him – but who’s going to pay for them?

The world’s richest man won’t struggle to feed and clothe his offspring. The rest of us have to worry about childcare, medical bills, billionaires who don’t want to pay more tax …

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel rules herself out of Tory leadership contest

Home secretary had previously made it clear she was considering competing for the top job

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Priti Patel rules herself out of Tory leadership contest after days of agonising

The Home Secretary spent days in a will-she, won't-she tussle but decided not to run after clashing with other right-wingers on the ballot - who it was feared would split the hardline Tory vote

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel rules out running for Tory leadership to replace Boris Johnson

A total of 10 Conservative MPs are now vying to replace Boris Johnson as party leader.

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak leads early declarations from Welsh Tory MPs in race to be Prime Minister

There is also significant support for Suella Braverman and backing for Penny Mordaunt, Sajid Javid and Prit Patel

Wales Online

How does the Tory leadership contest work?

The backbench 1922 Committee has set the rules and timetable for picking the next UK prime minister

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Douglas Ross and Alister Jack refuse to say which Tory leadership contender they will back

The Scottish Tory leader is not expected to announce his support for any candidate until the later stages of the contest

The National (Scotland)

John Major says top Tories only ousted Boris Johnson when staying quiet was 'self-damaging'

The former Conservative leader said ex-ministers and Boris Johnson's cheerleaders were "silent when they should have spoken out and then spoke out only when their silence became self-damaging"

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak not prepared to ‘demonise’ Boris Johnson in leadership bid

The former chancellor, who has gained the support of Dominic Raab and Grant Shapps, insisted he has no contact with former aide Dominic Cummings.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news - live: Sajid Javid out of Tory leadership race as eight candidates remain

The former health secretary failed to get enough nominations from his fellow MPs by today’s deadline

The Independent UK

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

Former ministers must share blame for Government ‘law-breaking’ – John Major

The former PM said Boris Johnson was ‘principally’ to blame for the actions of his Government and had risked tearing the constitution ‘into shreds’.

The Independent UK

Tory candidate Tom Tugendhat makes bizarre quip about his own mum at launch event

The backbencher, one of ten candidates hoping to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, joked that he "should have chosen my mother better" when asked about his dual citizenship

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Tory Kemi Badenoch blasts cost of living payments and vows to restrict cash to pensioners

Kemi Badenoch, one of the candidates for the Tory leadership, attacked 'dead weight' funding to help with soaring bills adding: 'What I’m not going to do is come out with lots of micro policies about giving people £50 cash here or a rebate there'

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak launches campaign amid attacks from Johnson loyalists

RISHI Sunak has officially launched his leadership campaign as Boris Johnson’s loyalists work to oppose the former chancellor.

Reuters

Factbox-Views of frontrunners to succeed UK's Boris Johnson

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with 11 candidates so far putting themselves forward for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservative Party members.

The Independent UK

Tom Tugendhat vows to save Boris Johnson’s levelling up agenda with ‘vocational Oxbridges’

Tory leadership hopeful pitches himself as champion of the north – and vows to slash fuel duty by 10p

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Daily Record

Independence referendum legal request should be rejected by Supreme Court, says Tory Government

UK Ministers do not believe the Supreme Court should issue an early ruling on a Holyrood-organised referendum

The National (Scotland)

Who is Liz Truss? The Foreign Secretary backed by Johnson's team to take over as PM

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is one of the favourites to take over the Tory leadership - but who is she and what is her record?

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about new chancellor replacing Rishi Sunak

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rises to No 11 Downing Street, propping up Boris Johnson’s ailing, scandal-ridden premiership as slew of resignations threaten to sink it

Evening Standard

Tory tax pledges are too absurd to be funny

The candidates need to be honest, frank and above all, grown up with all voters

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak claims Boris Johnson has 'good heart' despite quitting his government

Multi-millionaire Rishi Sunak so far has the endorsement of the most Tory MPs ahead of the leadership deadline later today.

The Independent UK

Major blasts cabinet ministers including Tory leadership contenders for sticking by Johnson for so long

‘They were silent when they should have spoken out and then spoke out only when their silence became self-damaging’

Reuters

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.

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