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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Tory jitters about Truss: ‘She will just come across as Boris without the charm’

As Starmer leads in polls for best PM, Lib Dems have formed attack unit to push for victory in blue wall seats

The Guardian - UK

Labour surges as Tory fears grow over Truss’s tax cut agenda

Likely PM’s policies will mean ‘big trouble’, say critics, as Starmer’s energy price initiative boosts him in polls

The Guardian - UK

Ex-minister abandons hope of Tory Islamophobia probe promised by Boris Johnson

Tory MP Nusrat Ghani said a Tory whip had told her that her Muslim faith made colleagues uncomfortable - but says "it’s clear nothing is going to happen”

Daily Mirror

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Keir Starmer more trusted by public than Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss or Boris Johnson

A poll by Ipsos UK found more Brits have faith in the Labour leader to tell the truth than Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss - or ousted PM Boris Johnson

Daily Mirror

Tory leadership: Don’t ‘sideline’ climate emergency, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak told

Exclusive: World Wide Fund for Nature tells No 10 contenders to remember they were elected on party’s ’greenest manifesto ever’

The Independent UK

The Observer view on opposing Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing

Salma al-Shehab is in jail for the ‘crime’ of using Twitter. Football fans should stage a silent protest

The Guardian - UK

When Liz Truss was nearly deselected by ‘Turnip Taliban’ Tories for having an affair

Likely next prime minister’s career was nearly nipped in the bud by local activists

The Independent UK

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Liz Truss swerves questions on 'pay £10 to see your GP' report by attacking BBC

Liz Truss indicated she preferred right-wing GB News during a hustings held by the channel, telling host Alastair Stewart: “It's not the BBC, you actually get your facts right"

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss 'begins filling key Cabinet roles' as allies believe contest is over

LIZ Truss has begun filling her Cabinet, with key positions set to be awarded to Jacob Rees-Mogg and Suella Braverman, it is being reported.

The National (Scotland)

Michael Gove says he is quitting frontline politics and won’t return to government

Ex-levelling-up secretary warns Liz Truss is on ‘holiday from reality’ with plans for government

The Independent UK

Michael Gove announces plan to retire from frontline politics

MICHAEL Gove has announced his plans to retire from frontline politics.

The National (Scotland)

Glum Sunak supporters hold out for gamechanging gaffe from Truss

With Tory members seeming to tolerate a series of missteps, the frontrunner is on course for No 10 – barring a ‘spectacular foul-up’

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Ferrier must look in the mirror and do the right thing, it's time to go

Record View says her constituents and democracy are being done a disservice by the undignified insistence of carrying on as an MP.

Daily Record

What the papers say – August 20

The NHS dominates the front pages at the start of the weekend.

The Independent UK

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Daily Mirror

Michael Gove quits frontline politics a month after being sacked for 'disloyalty'

The former levelling up secretary said he did not expect to be in government again in a piece for The Times in which he criticised Liz Truss' leadership campaign

The Independent UK

Gove backs Sunak and says Truss ‘on holiday from reality’

Ex-minister warns foreign secretary would put ‘safeguarding the stock options of FTSE 100 executives’ before nation’s poorest

Reuters

Former UK minister Gove backs Sunak, says he is quitting frontline politics - The Times

Former British cabinet minister Michael Gove on Friday endorsed Rishi Sunak for prime minister and announced an end of his frontline political career, he said in an op-ed in The Times.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak would ban new smart motorways to end ‘war on motorists’

The former chancellor also said he would clamp down on rogue parking fines.

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Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tear into "miserabilist mayor" Andy Burnham during Manchester Tory leadership hustings

Both candidates made their pitch to over an audience of over 1,000 local party members in the city tonight - and took the opportunity to attack Mr Burnham's record

Evening Standard

Michael Gove brands Liz Truss plans as ‘a holiday from reality’ as he endorses Rishi Sunak

Michael Gove has branded Liz Truss’s campaign a “holiday from reality” as he announced that he would back Rishi Sunak as party leader.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss mocks BBC to sidestep question about controversial report she co-wrote

The Tory leadership favourite evaded answering a question about the Back to Black pamphlet by suggesting the BBC does not get ‘facts right’.

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove says Liz Truss tax plans 'holiday from reality' as he backs Rishi Sunak

The former Tory cabinet minister also says he does not expect to return to frontline politics, saying it was the 'privilege of my life' to serve three prime ministers

The Independent UK

Michael Gove backs Rishi Sunak and says Liz Truss is on ‘holiday from reality’

The former Cabinet minister suggested the Foreign Secretary’s proposals would put ‘the stock options of FTSE 100 executives’ before the poorest.

Daily Mirror

Millionaire Rishi Sunak bills himself as the 'underdog' in cringeworthy video at Tory hustings

Former chancellor's introductory video at Manchester hustings features a voiceover, claiming: "Britain loves an underdog"

The Independent UK

Liz Truss brands Manchester’s Andy Burnham a ‘miserabilist mayor’

Ms Truss targeted the Mayor of Greater Manchester in her speech at Friday’s Tory hustings in the city.

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