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Conservative leadership election: how the hopefuls stack up against former prime ministers in terms of experience

It is generally assumed that the best candidates for the job of prime minister are people who have considerable experience of top-level politics. Ideally, this experience would involve having served in the cabinet and in particular, having occupied one of the “great offices of state” – chancellor of the exchequer,…

The Conversation

16 times the Tories have trashed the Tories' record in vicious leadership contest

With this litany of complaints about the party that's been in power for 12 years, it's no wonder the Tory leadership candidates didn't want to debate each other tonight

Daily Mirror

Tuesday briefing: Why the next PM will offer net zero on climate

In today’s newsletter: As the Tory leadership contest heats up, environment correspondent Fiona Harvey walks us through where candidates stand on the climate crisis

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Tory leadership contenders 'not taking climate crisis seriously' as temperatures soar

The Tory leadership hopefuls have been giving mixed messaging on the climate crisis and whether they would stick to current net zero targets

The National (Scotland)

"Diversity is challenging established order, not saying what the powerful want to hear"

Whose interests do Kemi Badenoch and Rishi Sunak serve beyond their own and where is the policy which will make life better for the UK's Black and Brown men, women and children?

Daily Mirror

Tory MPs to vote again as Truss, Mordaunt and Badenoch fight for second place

Rishi Sunak’s place in the final two looked increasingly secure on Monday evening.

The Independent UK

Tom Tugendhat out of Tory leadership race as Rishi Sunak remains in poll position

Mr Tugendhat received only 31 votes in the third round of the poll on Monday

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Tugendhat down, two to go: the Tory right is running out of time to beat Sunak

When Suella Braverman was knocked out, she begged her supporters to rally behind Liz Truss – but Kemi Badenoch snapped up more, says Katy Balls, deputy political editor of the Spectator

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak remains frontrunner in Tory leadership race as Tom Tugendhat eliminated

Penny Mordaunt clung on to second place as the contest intensifies ahead of next poll on Tuesday

Evening Standard

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

Tory leadership: mid-table clash is chance for Mordaunt’s stalled campaign

Tom Tugendhat’s elimination leaves No 2 in race the only hopeful who is vaguely liberal and not tinged by Johnson’s government

The Guardian - UK

Sunak widens lead in race to become UK PM after party vote

London (AFP) - Former finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain's next prime minister, but the race to get in the final two tightened.

AFP

Legal setback for government over net zero plan as Britain swelters in heatwave

Record temperatures expected as red alert issued for extreme heat

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.

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Wales Online

Tom Tugendhat eliminated from Tory leadership race after finishing last in third round

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt and Kemi Badenoch remain in the running to become the party's next leader and PM

Daily Record

Liz Truss left scrambling for votes as Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt come out ahead in third Tory ballot

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss must now look for Kemi Badenoch supporters to switch to her camp as Mourdant and Sunak open up the voting gap.

The Guardian - UK

Truss camp says Mordaunt has ‘topped out’ with Tugendhat latest to fall

Pressure still on foreign secretary in Tory leadership race as she gains just seven new backers in latest round

Daily Mirror

Tory leadership race veers further right as Tom Tugendhat out and Liz Truss advances

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch will now go through to the next round tomorrow before a final announcement on Wednesday at 4pm - selecting the pair who'll be voted on by Tory members

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The Independent UK

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

All Tory leadership candidates confirm commitment to net zero

All five Tory leadership candidates have now announced their support for net zero after Kemi Badenoch became the fifth on Monday.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson has left Conservatives in ‘deep s***’, former donor warns

Hedge fund billionaire blasts ‘slick and superficial’ leadership contenders but praises ‘top-class’ Badenoch

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch backs net zero in Tory leadership climate U-turn

MP joins the four other candidates in saying they would not unpick UK’s environmental commitments

Los Angeles Times

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.

Evening Standard

Tory leadership debate cancelled while London burns

There was something deeply weird about last night’s ITV leadership debate. Not the moment Rishi Sunak asked Liz Truss what presumably his team thought would be a zinger:

The Guardian - UK

The Tory leadership race: a 40C fever dream where 0.2% of the UK decide our next leader

We’ve had obnoxiousness, bad pitches and even worse graphics … and there’s still seven weeks to go, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

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