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Sunak heavily outspends Truss on Facebook adverts

Rishi Sunak’s campaign has been one of the top 20 UK spenders on Facebook advertising since mid-July.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss has refused to enshrine animal welfare in trade deals, says minister

George Eustice says rival Rishi Sunak has made clear there will be no compromise on welfare standards

The Guardian - UK

British employees amongst hardest working in the world, says Truss ally

Sajid Javid defended the minister’s past claim that Britons need to produce ‘more graft’.

The Independent UK

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Liz Truss says British workers are lacking in 'graft'

The frontrunner to be the next Prime Minister said productivity is 'very different' in London compared to the rest of the UK

Wales Online

Sajid Javid says Britons are hard workers after leaked Liz Truss ‘graft’ remarks

Former health secretary says context of Truss’s comments on British workers needing ‘more graft’ unclear

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Truss go head-to-head in Perth at Scotland's only Tory leadership hustings event

The pair are contending to become the next UK prime minister

Daily Record

Tell us: how do you feel about Liz Truss saying British workers need “more graft”?

We’d like to hear what people think of the Tory leadership frontrunner’s suggestion that British workers lack the “skill and application” of foreign competitors

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak is more authentic and emotional, and Liz Truss more analytical: a linguistic analysis throws up unexpected results

In a series of hustings across the country, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are talking to Conservative party members about what they plan to do if elected as leader of the party and prime minister of the UK.

The Conversation

Liz Truss comments on UK workers not putting in enough 'graft' branded 'a total disgrace'

Yvetter Cooper slammed the leaked comments from the Tory hopeful as revealing what Liz Truss really thinks about most Britons.

Daily Record

State pension will rise by around 10% under Liz Truss amid fears of 'unprecedented deaths'

The Foreign Secretary had faced calls to restore the triple lock - which raises pensions by 2.5%, earnings or September's inflation figure, whichever is highest - if she wins the race for Number 10

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson ‘on shore leave’ while UK faces inevitable recession, says Asda boss

‘Nobody’s in charge at the moment,’ says Tory peer Lord Rose

The Independent UK

Protestors pelted eggs at Conservative supporters as they arrived in Perth for leadership hustings

Hundreds were outside Perth Concert Hall on Tuesday night to shout and jeer at Conservative party members

Daily Record

Liz Truss’s plan for cost of living crisis would lead to ‘moral failure’, says Rishi Sunak – as it happened

Former chancellor says foreign secretary’s tax cut plan would provide no support for pensioners or other vulnerable groups

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss ‘lazy Brits’ comments taken out of context, says Sajid Javid

Liz Truss’ comments suggesting that British people are work shy were taken out of context, a former cabinet minister supporting her for Prime Minister said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Government on ‘war footing’ over cost of living crisis, minister claims – but offers no new help

Ministers considering ‘various cards’ next PM can play, says Kit Malthouse – as Liz Truss accused of ‘moral failure’ over refusal to extra payments

Daily Mirror

More than 120,000 call for emergency budget NOW as Tories continue to squabble

This morning former Chancellor Sajid Javid said he "assumed" the Treasury was drawing up options to present to the new Prime Minister next month, as alarmed Brits back calls by Gordon Brown to hammer out a response sooner

The Independent UK

Inflation - live: Boris Johnson accused of being on ‘shore leave’ as UK faces recession

Inflation rate of 10.1 per cent puts further strain on households across UK

Reuters

Echoes of dire 1970s in today's Britain

Plans for a high-wage, high-growth economy lie in ruins as Britain's Conservative prime minister struggles to answer a cost-of-living crisis, compounded by rising worker unrest.

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Daily Mirror

Who won the Tory leader debate? It feels like 'moral failure' Liz Truss already has

Greeted by a Scottish Tory as "Madam Prime Minister", Ms Truss responded “Please, please, don’t get ahead of yourself!”, adding as an afterthought: “Don’t let me get ahead of myself."

The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 17

The front pages focus on political jostling and the death of Darius Campbell Danesh in the US.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What Cheney’s drubbing means for US politics

In today’s newsletter: Is Liz Cheney’s defeat in the Wyoming primary a triumph for far-right populism – or the beginning of a new chapter?

The Guardian - UK

Belfast hustings offers Truss and Sunak little to gain and lots to lose

Analysis: Northern Ireland has few Tory party members but they have plenty of difficult questions to trip up the leadership hopefuls

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the freeport, where turbocapitalism tramples over British democracy

From Teesside to Plymouth, these ‘special economic zones’ are shrouded in secrecy – and only benefit big business, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Daily Record

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak still offering no answers on cost of living crisis

The Daily Record's Westminster editor Torcuil Crichton looks back at the Conservative hustings in Perth on Tuesday night.

Wales Online

Liz Truss says she would get Northern Ireland devolution working if PM

The Foreign Secretary has made the claim as the Tory leadership battles moves to Northern Ireland

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