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Rishi Sunak remains frontrunner as fight for second place intensifies

All thoughts will already turn to the next ballot on Tuesday, with Kemi Badenoch now the candidate with the lowest share of the vote.

The Independent UK

Tom Tugendhat quiet on preferred candidate after exiting Tory leadership race

Mr Tugendhat has not yet said which candidate he will now back.

The Independent UK

Sunak and Mordaunt ahead in contest to become Tory leader after Tugendhat exit

Tom Tugendhat was eliminated from the contest after the third ballot.

The Independent UK

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Tory leadership: From Black Lives Matter to immigration - the candidates’ stance on race

Despite a tumultuous two years following the Black Lives Matter protests, questions around the candidates’ position on race equality have been missing from the leadership race

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: From anti-Thatcher demos to heir to Iron Lady’s throne

The Tory leadership contender has had many political reinventions in her life and career.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson falsely boasts he 'delivered every promise' in 'vengeful' farewell speech

MPs warned Boris Johnson has presided over ‘growing evidence of corruption’ as he gave a rambling 44-minute speech defending himself against a no-confidence vote - and claiming, without evidence, that Keir Starmer and the ‘deep state’ were trying to bring down Brexit

Daily Mirror

'The cancellation of Sky's Tory leadership debate shows what a joke our democracy has become'

Columnist Will Hayward argues that the fact that a party that has run the country for over a decade has decided that it is too risky for the person who is going to govern us to have a public debate shows how many underlying health conditions our country has

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Britain’s next prime minister is unlikely to be a white man

LONDON — For the first time in history, Britons could soon have a person of color as their prime minister. Even more, that person could also be a woman.

Los Angeles Times

Where’s Boris? Johnson takes back seat as Conservatives feud

The contenders to replace Boris Johnson are scrambling to distance themselves from the scandal-tainted politician who remains Britain’s prime minister for a few more weeks

The Independent UK

Tory leadership: Penny Mordaunt will become next prime minister, Independent readers predict

48 per cent think Penny Mordaunt will win the Conservative party leadership, while 23 per cent voted for Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

The Conservative leadership candidates Nottinghamshire MPs are backing

Who's backing who?

Nottingham Post

Tory leadership candidates turn their back on climate change as the world burns

We face a grim future if the climate crisis is not properly addressed, but none of the prospective Tory party leaders appear interested in discussing it

Wales Online

Tory leadership debate on Sky News cancelled as Sunak and Truss decline to attend

The broadcaster only gave one day's notice for the cancellation

Manchester Evening News

How does a Tory Party leadership contest work?

Here is how the complex process is expected to play out

The Independent UK

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Chronicle Live

Sky News Tory leadership debate cancelled as candidates pull out

Ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have decided not to participate

Evening Standard

Conservative leadership race: London MPs make their pitch for favourite to be next PM

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss stepped up their battle over taxes on Monday as the five contenders to be the next Prime Minister unveiled their vision for London.

The Independent UK

Tory leadership: All the MPs still in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader

Contest to succeed prime minister described by one Conservative politician as the ‘wacky races’

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt: The navy reservist sailing ahead in the Tory leadership contest

The ‘gallant lady’ with a sailor’s humour could bring saltiness to the race to replace Johnson

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Reuters

Increasingly bitter race to replace UK PM Johnson narrows to four

Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak held onto his lead in the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Monday as another hopeful was knocked out, leaving four candidates in an increasingly bitter contest to replace Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

TV debate cancelled as Mordaunt comes under fire from her boss

Penny Mordaunt has been accused of missing ministerial meetings because she was plotting her leadership bid.

The Independent UK

Sky News cancels Tory leadership debate as Sunak and Truss decline to attend

The broadcaster was forced to cancel the event with a day’s notice after earlier live hustings descended into ugly rows.

Wales Online

Sky News Conservative leadership live TV debate cancelled

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have said they do not want to take part

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch: Who is the Tory leadership hopeful aspiring to replace Boris Johnson?

‘Anti-woke’ candidate facing calls to step aside and rally behind Liz Truss but clearly has support

The Independent UK

Mordaunt accused of missing meetings for leadership bid as colleagues ‘pick up the pieces’

Penny Mordaunt’s ministerial boss, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said colleagues had to pick up the pieces due to the trade minister’s absence

Daily Mirror

'Five Tory Party leadership candidates go mad in the hunt for the seat of power'

Fishy Rishi, Part-time Penny, Loopy Liz, Crazy Kemi and Prom Queen Tommy have yet to produce a decent idea between them, Kevin Maguire argues

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