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Senior Tory urges Liz Truss to explain deletion of abortion rights from statement

Exclusive: Equalities committee chair Caroline Nokes joins international outcry after UK dilutes commitment to women’s rights without consultation

The Guardian - UK

Rail strikes: disruption affects millions in UK as Shapps threatens crackdown

Travel disrupted for millions amid worsening row with rail firms over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions

The Guardian - UK

Truss promises to crack down on violence against women and girls

The Tory leadership hopeful announced a package of measures to better protect women and girls from violence and abuse.

The Independent UK

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Tory Liz Truss vows to make street harassment a specific offence if she becomes PM

Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss vowed to introduce a new law after Boris Johnson resisted calls to make street harassment a specific offence

Daily Mirror

Morad Tahbaz has been freed from jail in Iran on electronic tag, UK says

Foreign Office confirms British-Iranian man is at home in Tehran and officials are working to free him permanently

The Guardian - UK

Who is Kate McCann? The TalkTV political editor who fainted live on air

Journalist collapses dramatically off-camera causing second debate between Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to be cut short

The Independent UK

Tory leadership race: What happens next in Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss contest?

Final two vying to be PM will make their case to Tory members

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak: Who is the former chancellor running to be the next PM?

Richmond MP must convince fellow Tories he is right man to lead economic revival and unite party

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become prime minister?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and currently ahead of Rishi Sunak thanks to questionable tax promises and neo-Thatcherite branding

The Independent UK

Tory tirades against migrants won’t wash in London

Bile against immigrants has become a major part of this Tory leadership race. One dreads to think what our two would-be prime ministers, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, will pledge to do to refugees by the end of September.

Evening Standard

How much you'd save if VAT was cut off your energy bills

It is unlikely to do enough to off set the terrifying amount that energy prices are going up

Wales Online

I’ll make streets safe for women, vows Liz Truss

Exclusive: Foreign Secretary sets out her vision on crime as new war of words rages over tax cuts

Evening Standard

Strip Tory members of right to vote for next PM as race turns bitter, says senior MP

Sir Charles Walker, a former vice-chair of the powerful 1922 Committee, said the idea of letting party members pick the leader was 'well past its sell by date'

Daily Mirror

Tory leadership - live: Sunak promises ban on ‘down-blousing’ as Truss vows to outlaw catcalling

Announcement came as pair began their summer tour of the country, taking questions from party members

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Al Jazeera

UK workers stage nationwide train strike as inflation worsens

Wages have failed to keep pace with UK inflation, currently at a 40-year high and set to worsen.

The Guardian - UK

BBC criticised over climate question in Tory leadership debate

Campaigners say question about individual action was irresponsible and too little time was spent on subject

Liverpool Echo

Liz Truss pledges to ‘police streets, not Twitter’ if made Prime Minister

The Tory leadership hopeful faces Rishi Sunak in vote of Conservative members

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s plan to cut VAT on energy bills a screeching U-turn, says Kwarteng

Business secretary, a supporter of Liz Truss, says former chancellor has ‘come late to the party’ on tax cuts

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Daily Record

Scots could have £160 taken off winter fuel bills under plan to cut VAT

Tory contender Rishi Sunak has tried to gain ground on rival Liz Truss by promising to a temporary cut in VAT on fuel bills this winter.

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership race: Sunak’s proposed temporary VAT cut on fuel bills ‘wrong’ if allowed to become permanent, says IFS – as it happened

Latest updates: thinktank says plan would not help poorest least able to cope with rise in costs

The Independent UK

Sunak accused of ‘flip-flopping’ on tax after pledge to cut VAT on energy bills

The Tory leadership hopeful was accused of proposing an unfunded tax reduction after saying tax cuts were a fairy tale.

Evening Standard

Conservative leadership race: Rishi Sunak accused of ‘flip-flopping’ over tax cuts

Rishi Sunak was on Wednesday accused by a former Cabinet colleague of “flip flopping” over tax cuts, after he announced a pledge to slash VAT on domestic energy bills.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak rushed to Kate McCann and held her hand after host fainted in TV debate

The TalkTV/Sun leadership clash was halted after host Kate McCann passed out while the Tory hopefuls were clashing over the NHS and tax cuts

Reuters

Prime ministerial hopeful Sunak pitches UK energy bill tax cuts

Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain's prime minister, pledged on Wednesday to temporarily scrap taxes on energy bills paid by households, part of a "winter plan" to ease the cost-of-living crisis.

The Independent UK

Sunak or Truss: What policies should we expect from our next prime minister?

Here are some of the policy pledges made by Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss during the Tory leadership contest.

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