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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

Manchester Evening News

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

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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 and Mordaunt ahead in contest to become Tory leader after Tugendhat exit

Tom Tugendhat was eliminated from the contest after the third ballot.

The Independent UK

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

Wales Online

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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.

Daily Record

Tory leadership race: Tom Tugendhat eliminated as Truss gains on Mordaunt

Foreign secretary draws slightly closer to top two, but fails to pick up as much support as Kemi Badenoch

The Independent UK

Leadership debate infighting too toxic even for the Tories

The third instalment didn’t happen after Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak pulled out, while Boris maundered on in the Commons

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Liz Truss: From anti-Thatcher demos to heir to Iron Lady’s throne

The Tory leadership contender has had many political reinventions in her life and career.

The Independent UK

It’s taken a leadership race for the Tories to fess up: they’ve wrecked the economy

Don’t take my word for it that they are the low-growth party? Just ask Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Leeds Live

Liz Truss facing backlash in Leeds after 'blaming' Roundhay School for 'letting kids down'

During her speech, Liz Truss was called out on social media for blaming teachers and her education

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt: Outside bet casting a spell on Tory MPs

Long before the implosion of the Johnson premiership, 49-year-old Ms Mordaunt had been tipped as a potential leadership challenger.

The Guardian - UK

Cancelled TV debate underlines who Sunak and Truss are now targeting

Analysis: Well-known candidates have moved their charm offensive away from public to Tory MPs

Wales Online

'The cancellation of Sky's Tory leadership debate shows what a joke our democracy has become'

Columnist Will Hayward argues that the fact that a party that has run the country for over a decade has decided that it is too risky for the person who is going to govern us to have a public debate shows how many underlying health conditions our country has

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The National (Scotland)

SNP accuse PM candidates of dodging scrutiny as Sky debate cancelled

The SNP has accused the remaining five Tory leadership candidates of dodging scrutiny after the latest TV debate was cancelled by Sky News.

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

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

The National (Scotland)

Who's still in the Tory leadership race after third voting round sees candidate crash out

Tom Tugendhat is the latest Tory leadership candidate to crash out of the race to become the next Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

Where’s Boris? Johnson takes back seat as Conservatives feud

The contenders to replace Boris Johnson are scrambling to distance themselves from the scandal-tainted politician who remains Britain’s prime minister for a few more weeks

The Independent UK

Tory leadership: Penny Mordaunt will become next prime minister, Independent readers predict

48 per cent think Penny Mordaunt will win the Conservative party leadership, while 23 per cent voted for Rishi Sunak

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