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Tory peer claims Boris Johnson wants to carry on as Prime Minister

Downing Street dismissed the comments and insisted Mr Johnson will stand down when a new Tory leader is in place

The Independent UK

2 UK leadership contenders face head-to-head TV debate

The two candidates vying to be Britain’s next prime minister are set to face off in a TV debate as they seek to woo members of the Conservative Party who will choose the new leader

The Independent UK

DUP's Ian Paisley says Liz Truss 'has the edge' in Conservative Party leadership contest

The MP said his "heart probably says" he would support one candidate over the other

Belfast Live

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UK PM hopeful Sunak takes aim at China in leadership contest

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday China represented the largest threat to Britain and world security this century, setting out his plans to deal with Beijing in the latest front in the battle to become prime minister.

Reuters

Liz Truss v Rishi Sunak: When is the first live debate on BBC?

One of them will be the next leader of the Conservative Party and the next Prime Minister

Wales Online

Chop off one head, two more pop up – the Tory Hydra won’t stop

AS someone in their early 30s – a dreaded, avocado-munching, latte-sipping, economy -destroying millennial if you believe the hype – I would…

The National (Scotland)

British PM candidate Truss sets out investment plans

British Foreign secretary Liz Truss will set out plans to create new low-regulation investment zones and more freeports on Monday, stepping up her campaign to be next prime minister.

Reuters

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UK Labour leader Starmer sets out plan for economic growth

British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer will set out his plan to foster economic growth on Monday, adding his voice to a debate that has dominated the Conservative Party's race to become the country's next prime minister.

Reuters

Boris Johnson only wishes he were Trump

S**tcanned U.K. prime minister is already threatening a comeback — but his Trump alternate universe isn't real

Salon

Britain's PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration

Britain's two contenders to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister promised on Sunday to tackle illegal immigration as a priority, with both backing the government's policy of sending migrants to Rwanda.

Reuters

Liz Truss accused of ignoring British activist on hunger strike in Egypt

Family of Alaa Abd El Fattah say it feels as if foreign secretary has ‘abandoned’ him since she started leadership campaign

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss reminds me of a Tory leader but it’s not Margaret Thatcher

She has personal traits and political characteristics that are strikingly similar to those of Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on how Boris Johnson’s spectre haunts the Tory leadership race

His toxic legacy runs deep in Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as well as in a party high on populism

The Guardian - UK

Truss pledges to scrap EU rules if she wins race to be UK leader

Liz Truss vowed to scrap all remaining EU laws by the end of 2023 if she becomes prime minister, as she vies for votes with Rishi Sunak in their battle to win the Conservative Party leadership election and succeed Boris Johnson.

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Boris Johnson urged to revoke resignation as shocking poll shows 85% still want him as PM

More than 7,600 Tory members have signed a petition calling for a vote on whether Mr Johnson’s resignation should be accepted.

Daily Mirror

Top Tory Ben Elliot and donors being considered for gongs in Boris Johnson's honours list

Big ticket donors are being discussed for peerages - many of them members of Mr Johnson’s “advisory committee” of donors who are granted access to senior ministers in return for giving more than £250,000 to the party

Wales Online

Rishi Sunak ahead of Liz Truss by only a few percentage points after public asked to rate Prime Minister candidates

The results suggest the public are split on the two Conservative Party leadership candidates

Wales Online

Boris Johnson should withdraw resignation, poll says, as 85% want him as PM

It comes as thousands of Conservatives sign a petition calling for Boris to stay

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Reuters

'I am the underdog,' says British PM candidate Sunak

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday described himself as the underdog in the contest to become Britain's next prime minister.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak praised as ‘charismatic’ and ‘a strong family man’ after speech

Conservative Party members lauded the ex-chancellor following remarks in Grantham, the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher.

Reuters

UK leadership candidate Truss pledges to ditch all EU laws by 2023

Liz Truss, the leading candidate to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister, promised to scrap all remaining European Union laws that still apply in Britain by 2023 if she wins the Conservative Party leadership contest.

Reason

Will Britain's Next Prime Minister Champion Free Markets?

Liz Truss promises a tax-cutting, deregulatory model for Britain.

The National (Scotland)

Next prime minister could be decided by 'non-British' citizens due to loophole in Tory membership

THE next Prime Minister could in part be decided by those without the right to vote in a general election.

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Polling shows party members want her – but the wider voting public would choose him

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two candidates chosen to go head-to-head in the battle to become the next leader of the Conservative party and, therefore, the next prime minister of the UK.

The National (Scotland)

'Boris bus' set to protest Tory hustings in Perth and elsewhere, peer suggests

A swathe of the Tory party membership are not happy that Boris Johnson was removed as PM - with thousands reportedly lobbying the party chairman…

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