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The richest candidates vying to be the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister

There are some extremely wealthy people calling on Tory MPs and members to make them the next leader

Wales Online

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

Daily Mirror

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.

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The Standard View: The Tories are in a hurry to find a new leader – but the big issues still need debating

The rules to elect the new leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore Britain’s next prime minister, have been announced. The accelerated timetable heaps pressure on all contenders and limits the chance for an outsider to catch the eye.

Evening Standard

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.

Reuters

UK leader hopefuls battle for support as nominations close

Contenders to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are racing to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot

The Independent UK

How does a Tory Party leadership contest work?

Here is how the complex process of a Tory leadership contest is expected to play out.

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Who will replace Boris Johnson? Latest odds for the next Prime Minister

Penny Mordaunt emerges as suprise favourite with bookmaker

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's successor is set to be announced on September 5. So what happens until then?

Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes coming this week to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded contest to replace Boris Johnson.

ABC News

Ex-finance minister Sunak vows to tackle inflation in pitch to be UK PM

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak will set out his stall to be Britain's next prime minister on Tuesday, vowing to tackle soaring inflation before joining his Conservative Party rivals in promising tax cuts.

Reuters

Tories plan to narrow race with tougher rules for prime minister candidates

LONDON — The UK Conservative Party is planning to narrow down a wide field of contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister by requiring candidates to have the initial support of 20 Tory MPs.

Tribune News Service

New Prime Minister to be announced on September 5

Sir Graham Brady, Altrincham and Sale West MP who chairs the 1922 committee, announced the schedule this evening.

Manchester Evening News

Moray Council leader ‘steps aside’ from Conservative Party over ‘poor behaviour’

Councillor Neil McLennan has stepped aside from the Conservatives over poor behaviour in the party and will sit as an independent.

The Independent UK

UK PM Johnson's replacement to be announced on Sept 5 - Conservative party

The Conservative Party will announce the replacement for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sept. 5 following a vote among party members under rules agreed by the party's officials on Monday.

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Daily Record

Falkirk councillor backs Badenoch for PM and says Boris 'correct to resign'

Falkirk North councillor James Bundy says the Conservative party needs "fresh ideas and personalities"

Newsroom.co.nz

The Tory Party is over – now for the hangover

The sorry state of the British Conservatives is a cautionary tale of what can happen when politics is driven by marketing, and when economic analysis is a nice-to-have, says Oliver Hartwich

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid dodges questions over previous tax affairs at campaign launch

Sajid Javid declined repeatedly to get into specifics about where he has previously paid tax.

The Independent UK

Tories row over ‘fantasy tax cuts’, as Javid strikes out at ‘poisonous’ battle

Conservatives vying to replace Boris Johnson have engaged in a bidding war of proposals to win support.

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Evening Standard

Who is Penny Mordaunt and what is the Leader of the House of Commons' voting history?

Penny Mordaunt is currently the Leader of the House of the Commons but has previously been in competition for Tory leadership

Evening Standard

Suella Braverman: I’ll cut spending by tackling waste and ‘stubborn’ shirkers

Suella Braverman promised to cut taxes and reduce government spending as part of her Tory leadership pitch

The Independent UK

Warning over net zero goal as Tory leadership hopefuls line up

Conservative MP Chris Skidmore warns his party has ‘two weeks’ to save the target.

Bristol Post

Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore rules himself out of Conservative party leadership race

Eleven candidates have put themselves forward but he won't be one of them

Reuters

Analysis-Tax-cut talk in UK leadership race adds to inflation angst

Promises of tax cuts from candidates to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose another inflationary risk which could pressure the Bank of England to raise interest rates more aggressively, cancelling out any potential boost to the economy.

Evening Standard

We now have clear proof that this Tory party is intellectually exhausted

Five days into the contest, the candidates to be the next Conservative prime minister have already offered £235 billion in tax cuts. None of them have begun to suggest how they would pay for them. Yet on they go, blithely playing to the gallery of Tory members, making promises that are…

Wales Online

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The Conservative Party has to elect a new leader

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