Tory leadership race eliminates Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi The race is now down to the six candidates who secured 30 votes Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022
Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt dumped from Tory leadership contest The race for the Tory leadership, and the keys to No 10, tightened to six candidates on Wednesday. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Six Tory candidates left in leadership race after first ballot Two MPs were eliminated from the contest after the first round of voting Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022
6 Tory leadership candidates through first round with Hunt and Zahawi both out In an evening of high drama at Westminster, Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt stormed into a strong second place alongside Rishi Sunak - but she could be replaced by Liz Truss on the final ballot if the right unite around her Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022
Culture warrior Kemi Badenoch is already a winner with Tory right Former minister surfing anti-‘woke’ wave is unlikely to become PM but should land plum cabinet role The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
How Tory hopefuls snapped up campaign web addresses well before Boris Johnson quit Rishi Sunak denies registering Readyforrishi.com in December, months before launch of campaign The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
Public still ‘unfamiliar’ with most Tory leadership candidates – poll An Ipsos survey found some candidates were barely more well known than a fake MP created by the pollster. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Liz Truss vows to halt green levies as fears grow over Tory net zero promise Foreign secretary wants to look again at ‘best way of delivering net zero’ The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Boris Johnson news latest - live: Penny Mordaunt surges into second place as Sunak leads race Two polls in 24 hours show Conservative Party members back trade minister Ms Mordaunt The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Who is backing who? 180 Tory MPs pledge their vote in leadership contest Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way as the first round of the vote looms. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Tory MPs are more focused on who they don’t want as leader than who they do The two wings of the party are finding it increasingly hard to reconcile and are coalescing around ‘Stop Rishi’ or ‘Stop Liz’, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s deputy political editor The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
Kemi Badenoch challenged to visit Scotland by SNP MP to see impact of Tory polices EXCLUSIVE: Aberdeen MP Kirsty Blackman warned Badenoch's campaign bid "should concern everyone" after the pair clashed over foodbank usage. Daily Record · Jul 13, 2022
Tory leadership: Who are the candidates and what did they do before politics? What job did the candidates do before they became an MP, where were they educated, and who were their parents? The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022
Flawed online safety bill is disaster for free speech, claim Tories David Davis describes flagship legislation as ‘biggest accidental curtailment in modern history’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022 Tory odds: Who’s backing who in the leadership race? Conservative MPs are backing different candidates for leader across a broad field
The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022 Don’t ditch net zero, Coca-Cola, Unilever and other top businesses warn Tory candidates Right-wing contenders to be next PM threaten to ditch landmark climate commitment
The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022 Wednesday’s briefing: Who’s left in the Tory leadership contest – and who might win In today’s newsletter: Guardian political reporter Aubrey Allegretti talks us through the chances for the top candidates – from Truss and Sunak to Zahawi
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Tory MPs to put leadership contenders through their paces with first ballot round Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman will all be on the ballot.
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Who is backing who in leadership race as Tory MPs prepare to vote Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way.
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Rishi Sunak accused of risking UK ‘recession’ as Tory rivals target leadership frontrunner Former chancellor under fire from both wings of Tory party, after securing most nominations in backbiting leadership race
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022 Deadlines, dropouts and ‘dark arts’: frenzied start to Tory leadership race Candidates jostle for position as contest begins in earnest, with some hoovering up support and others floundering
The National (Scotland) · Jul 12, 2022 Leading LGBT organisations tell Tory hopefuls to 'call off the culture war' TORY leadership contenders have been told to “call off the culture war” amid concerns that transgender people are being used as a wedge issue in…
France 24 · Jul 12, 2022 Diverse list of contenders raises prospect of first non-white British PM The list of contenders in the running to be the next UK prime minister is notably diverse – the result of years of work to promote ethnic minority talent within the conservative party. But would a black or Asian prime minister be a leap forward for racial equality in the…
Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2022 Who is Kemi Badenoch? Former business secretary elected Conservative Party leader North West Essex MP wins run off against Robert Jenrick
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Tory leadership: All the MPs still in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader - OLD Contest to succeed prime minister described by one Conservative politician as the ‘wacky races’