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What job did the candidates do before they became an MP, where were they educated, and who were their parents?

With the mercury about to hit 40C, Tory leadership candidates turned up the heat in an ITV debate - which descended into personal score-settling. Here are the cattiest remarks, from Rishi Sunak's private school to Penny Mordaunt's 'dangerous' economics

Labour would never be allowed to get away with the fantastical rhetoric of these Conservative leadership contenders, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

What job did the candidates do before they became an MP, where were they educated, and who were their parents?

Hopefuls deliver a word salad of fantasy economics and flannel as they launch leadership campaigns

GPA requirements push Black and Hispanic students out of STEM majors — and may widen the wage gap later on

“Boris is to sound economics what Nick Kyrgios is to diplomacy” -- Tim Martin

In 1845, Karl Marx declared: “philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it”.

MEXICO CITY — Alejandro Miguel Andino Caballero had almost completed his university studies in marketing. His fiancee, Margie Támara Paz Grajeda, had earned a degree in economics. Both viewed education as a means to launch careers and surmount humble origins in Honduras, where endemic poverty, crime and corruption have long…