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The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

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

Aslef boss Mick Whelan: ‘There’s no cost to the economy in running rail properly’

Head of train drivers’ union takes pride in calling very few strikes – but enough is enough, he says

The Guardian - UK

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

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‘We needed Dave and George to lean on Boris’: Uber’s battle for London

The US firm used Tory connections to wage a relentless UK lobbying campaign, leaked files show

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

The Guardian - UK

A guide to the 11 MPs fighting to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's new prime minister

The field of candidates to replace Boris Johnson as UK leader becomes even more crowded, with 11 MPs now vying for support.

ABC News

Boris Johnson news – live: New prime minister to be revealed on 5 September

Tory leadership contest set to run for eight weeks as party decides rules

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Census data shows poorest seats voted Coalition; byelections or polls from four states

The Poll Bludger covered findings from the 2021 Census on June 30. The most striking finding was that the Coalition won the ten seats with the lowest household income at the federal election. These seats are all in regional Australia.

The Conversation

Race to replace Johnson intensifies as Liz Truss announces bid

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss entered the race to replace Boris Johnson as U.K. premier, the latest cabinet minister to make her move in an already fractious contest.

Tribune News Service

Starmer criticises ‘arms race of fantasy economics’ from Tory leader hopefuls

The Labour leader will hit out at ‘hypocrisy’ from those who served in Boris Johnson’s Government

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer savages Tory tax hike 'hypocrisy' and vows major change for private schools

The Labour leader Keir Starmer will give a major speech in Gateshead on Monday when he will point out that all the Tories vying to be Prime Minister backed Boris Johnson's '15 tax rises'

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss declares leadership bid with pledge to reverse tax hike

The senior Cabinet minister promised to ‘start cutting taxes from day one’ to help with the cost of living.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss becomes 10th Tory to enter leadership race - and 11th soon follows

The foreign secretary promised to 'start cutting taxes from day one', and moments after unveiling her candidacy Gillingham and Rainham MP Rehman Chishti said he would be joining the race too

Daily Mirror

Rogues Gallery: The Tory MPs vying to be PM and their scandal hit-careers

As Boris Johnson is on his way out the door, presiding over numerous scandals, we look at how his potentially successors have been dogged by scandals

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Tory leadership candidates are no threat to indyref2 but will try to deny democracy

Those vying to replace Boris Johnson as PM are cut from the same blue Tory cloth - don't expect any change in stance on indyref2

Daily Mirror

'State of ambulance service is painful condemnation of this Tory government'

A dozen years of neglect have left our ambulance services on their knees, waiting more than 24 hours when lives are at stake which is 'indefensible'

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership race: who’s still standing, what are they promising and who’s backing them?

And then there were two: members to decide between Truss and Sunak as Penny Mordaunt eliminated

Evening Standard

Tory leadership candidates trade blows as ‘anti Rishi memo’ emerges

The race to replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street turned nasty as Nadhim Zahawi hit out at “smears” over his finances and a memo criticizing Rishi Sunak emerged.

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'We need a General Election - not just a Boris Johnson cheerleader offering free cash'

A change of leader should automatically result in a General Election rather than the Tories simply imposing a new ruler on the people, Kevin Maguire argues

The Guardian - UK

Tory hopefuls face bruising week of scrambling for support

Sources say 1922 Committee may raise threshold of supporters required to 25 to narrow down crowded field

Daily Mirror

'Boris Johnson is one of the least admirable - and successful - PM's we've ever had'

Professor Tim Bale, from Queen Mary University of London, argues that Boris Johnson was always likely to crash and burn as he did not have either the talent for or interest in governing

The Independent UK

Nadhim Zahawi vows to publish tax returns if he becomes PM amid HMRC probe

Chancellor claims to be victim of ‘smear’ campaign as Tory leadership hopefuls make transparency pledge

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside's only Tory MP announces choice to replace Boris Johnson

Southport MP Damien Moore is hoping for a "clean start"

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems want answers to claims Boris Johnson tried to get woman City Hall job

Sunday Times alleges he was blocked from hiring Tory activist in her 20s, with whom he had brief affair

The Guardian - UK

‘Culture war’ issues: Tory leadership hopefuls weigh up benefits of engaging

Analysis: battles over issues such as statues and trans rights have become more prominent under Johnson’s leadership

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