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Tories will find it ‘extremely difficult’ to win election, says polling expert

Prof Sir John Curtice said the Conservatives are still a long way behind Labour despite some recovery under Rishi Sunak.

The Independent UK

Councillor joins Labour after quitting Conservatives

Coun Bev Fletcher, who has been sitting as an Independent on Bolton Council since resigning from the Tories last year, has now joined the opposition

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak: is it legitimate for the Conservatives to continue in government without an election? A constitutional scholar explains

It is only right to explain why I’m standing here as your new prime minister.

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Have the 'decency' to call a general election, former Tory member tells incoming PM Rishi Sunak

Marc Evans, a nurse, described the Tory party as an 'utter disgrace' and said Mr Sunak does not have a mandate

Wales Online

Will Rishi Sunak find the fractured Tory party is ungovernable?

Despite public displays of loyalty by former opponents, the new PM’s honeymoon period is likely to be brief

The Guardian - UK

"He has no mandate": Greater Manchester MPs react to Rishi Sunak becoming the new Prime Minister

The region's Labour MPs are demanding an election as Greater Manchester Tories welcome their new leader

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak: the leader who foresaw the financial chaos he now inherits

The former chancellor will become the first non-white prime minister, the first Hindu in the top job and also arguably the richest occupant of No 10.

The Independent UK

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How the UK political crisis affects the opposition Labour party?

For the first time in years, Labour has a realistic chance of coming to power in the next general election.

Al Jazeera

Boris Johnson tells allies he’s ‘up for’ leadership race as he rushes back to UK

Former PM who quit after a series of scandals vows he is ‘up for it’

The Independent UK

Liz Truss resigns: so why isn't the UK having an election?

Liz Truss resigned as the Conservative party leader just 45 days after being elected to that position. She was forced out by her backbenchers because of a disastrously misjudged mini-budget, concerns about her competency and a catastrophic collapse in the Conservatives’ poll ratings. She is now destined to become the…

The Conversation

There’s something wrong with British politics. It’s called the Conservative Party

The current turmoil in British politics needs to be understood not just as a response to Liz Truss’s short time as prime minister, but as the result of problems within the governing Conservative Party since it came to power in 2010.

The Conversation

Truss says she is a fighter, not a quitter as she faces MPs

Embattled U.K. premier Liz Truss said she is “a fighter, not a quitter,” as she faced lawmakers for the first time since firing her finance minister and junking most of her economic program just weeks after announcing it.

Tribune News Service

Broxtowe Borough Council’s phone system criticised as 'abysmal failure'

One councillor said there was a “long list” of officers who constituents could “never get through to”

Nottingham Post

Liz Truss' waning power brings political plots, and jokes

This has not been a good week for Liz Truss

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Truss could be gone ‘within days or weeks’, say Tory MPs after PM ditches chancellor

Expectation that new chancellor Jeremy Hunt will rewrite Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget

Wales Online

Welsh Conservatives leader suggests a general election should be called if Liz Truss can't 'regain confidence'

He was speaking before news broke that the Chancellor had been sacked

Chronicle Live

Conservatives on course to lose all seats in the North East, poll says

The survey by 38 Degrees and Survation highlights huge concerns over the cost-of-living, mortgages and pensions

Daily Mirror

Nadine Dorries warns Tories face 'complete wipeout' and won't rule out Johnson comeback

The former Culture Secretary warned the Conservatives would probably face 'complete wipeout' if there was a general election tomorrow - and said 'I don't rule anything out'

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The Guardian - UK

Johnson was slow-poisoning arsenic for the Conservatives. Liz Truss is instant cyanide

One month into this PM’s reign and already the chatter is about how to remove her

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Greens to overtake Tory vote at next Holyrood election, poll finds

A NEW poll has forecast a major boost in the fortunes of the Scottish Greens, putting them on a par with the Scottish Conservatives for regional…

Daily Mirror

Humiliated Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss should have the guts to own their blunder

Blaming the pressure of the Queen’s funeral for the Conservatives’ Budget for the Rich is a grotesque bid by the Government to shift responsibility

The Independent UK

Priti Patel accuses Liz Truss of spending ‘with no thought of tomorrow’

Former home secretary says Tories ‘live or die’ on their economic credibility

The National (Scotland)

Truss administration has shattered the Tory myth of economic competence

WITH the value of the pound falling faster than a slice of buttered toast determined to leave a stain on the carpet, I thank my lucky stars every…

Belfast Live

After market turmoil over mini-budget, what do NI Tories think now about Liz Truss?

After market turmoil and Labour surging ahead in the polls, is there any sense of buyer's remorse?

Wales Online

Labour surges to 33-point lead over Tories in YouGov poll

Four separate polls all show the party notching up a huge lead over the Conservatives

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