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Will Britain's Next Prime Minister Champion Free Markets?

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

Reason

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 National (Scotland)

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 Conversation

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'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…

The National (Scotland)

Penny Mordaunt’s supporters ‘plotting to stop Liz Truss from becoming prime minister’

‘Fuming’ Tories are reportedly ‘tearing up their party membership’ over the chance of Truss becoming PM

The Independent UK

Liz Truss storms ahead of Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership candidate race, poll suggests

The battle to become the next Conservative leader has been whittled down to just two candidates

Leeds Live

Margaret Thatcher Looms Large in British P.M. Race

Both major candidates to replace Boris Johnson have branded themselves as heirs to the neoliberal icon’s ideological legacy.

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Conservative members in Northern Ireland on what they think of final two leadership contenders

One NI Conservative member described the leadership battle between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as a "Hobson's choice"

Belfast Live

Liz Truss ambushed by badger cull protesters at Tory leadership hustings event

The Foreign Secretary oversaw the culling of the animals in a previous Cabinet role

Leeds Live

UK leadership candidate Truss leads rival Sunak by 24 points - poll

British leadership candidate Liz Truss held a 24 point lead over her rival Rishi Sunak in a YouGov poll of Conservative Party Members published on Thursday.

Reuters

Change of UK leader could herald 'new start' in Brussels-London relationship, says Simon Coveney

'We hope that the new prime minister won’t pursue a strategy of breaking international law and breaking their word to Ireland and the EU'

Irish Mirror

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have very different visions, but one key similarity

It can be hard sometimes to look past the personality quirks of the final two candidates to be Conservative Party leader and prime minister.

Evening Standard

Analysis-Race for Downing Street drives tax policy split into UK Conservatives

Differences over how to revive Britain's slow-growth, high-inflation economy could hardly be starker within the ruling Conservative Party as the two remaining contenders to become its new leader, and thereby prime minister, clash over tax.

Reuters

TV debates ‘could sway Tory leadership contest more than newspapers’

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are battling it out to be named the next prime minister.

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Penny Mordaunt hits back at ‘lazy’ jibes from boss Anne-Marie Trevelyan

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan was among those to use the Tory leadership contest to criticise Ms Mordaunt

Daily Record

Falkirk councillor backs Rishi Sunak to be next Prime Minister

Councillor James Bundy hopes Kemi Badenoch will be given a prominent role in government, and said of the two remaining candidates the former chancellor was likely to get his vote.

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt mocks criticism of her work ethic as she returns to the Commons

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan was among those to use the Tory leadership contest to criticise Ms Mordaunt.

The Independent UK

Change of PM could herald ‘new start’ in Brussels-London relationship

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said he does not have a preference between Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest.

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The Independent UK

2 contenders battle for Conservative votes in UK leader race

The two candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister have begun a head-to-head battle for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader

ABC News

MPs and ordinary voters no longer have a say in who becomes Britain's next PM. Here's what happens next

Only a small section of the British public will decide who gets to lead the country following Boris Johnson's resignation. So who are they and who will they vote for?

Daily Mirror

Paddy Pimblett hits out at Prime Minister hopeful Rishi Sunak over cost-of-living crisis

Pimblett is not been impressed by Sunak entering the race to become prime minister and leader of the Tories, pointing the blame at him for the cost-of-living crisis

The National (Scotland)

Leadership race 'showed depth of talent' in Tory Party, Douglas Ross says

THE Tory leadership race has shown the “strength and depth of talent” in the Conservative Party, Douglas Ross has said.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss: How will the Tories select a winner?

Conservative Party members will now vote for the person they want to become the next prime minister.

The Independent UK

Douglas Ross will ‘work with whoever’ becomes next prime minister

Douglas Ross has not backed either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss in the race for Number 10.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Liz Truss, a Margaret Thatcher Fan at UK’s Diplomatic Helm

Fans of Liz Truss think she is the new Iron Lady. Britain’s foreign secretary is one of the two final contenders to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Some 180,000 party members will be asked to choose either Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, with…

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