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Tory leadership - live: Truss team denies Mordaunt ‘black-ops’ campaign ahead of TV debate

Transport minister Wendy Morton says Liz Truss’s team is “absolutely not” involved in an untoward campaign

The Independent UK

Drop out, Kemi, says Brexiteer peer, so right wing can unite behind Truss to block Sunak

But the former minister has no intention of stopping her leadership campaign, say allies

Wales Online

Lord Frost calls on Kemi Badenoch to withdraw from Tory leadership race and back Liz Truss

Former Brexit minister suggests Badnoch will be given ‘a serious job in a Truss administration’

The Independent UK

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Liz Truss gains support from Frost, Braverman in UK PM race- media

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has gained backing from former Brexit negotiator David Frost and British lawmaker Suella Braverman to become the next UK prime minister, British media reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Tory leadership: Truss gains right-wing votes as Sunak and Mordaunt are on top

Suella Braverman is to throw her support behind the Foreign Secretary after being eliminated from the race to replace Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

When are the Tory leader debates on TV and where can you watch them?

Three major televised debates are taking place as the leadership contest continues

Manchester Evening News

Liz Truss boosted by backing of ousted Suella Braverman in Tory leadership race

Support means foreign secretary could be big threat to second-placed Penny Mordaunt

The Independent UK

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Penny Mordaunt's surprise Tory leader charge under attack by 'black ops' from Truss camp

Penny Mordaunt retained second place in the next round of voting by Tory MPs today and faced an attack from Liz Truss's campaign, whose team claimed she is not up to the job

Daily Mirror

Rival camps in UK leadership race aim fire at Penny Mordaunt

‘Questions’ follow on MP’s past performance as trade minister after she gains ground over Liz Truss

The Guardian - UK

Mordaunt was ‘missing in action’ friends of Lord Frost claim

Comes amid deepening row over Tory infighting during leadership contest

The Independent UK

Conservative leadership campaign quotes of the day

The battle to become the next prime minister was becoming increasingly bitter as the number of candidates was reduced to five.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman exits stage right, but the Mad Hatter’s Tory tea party goes on and on

While voters worry about prices and bills, the contenders are in a wonderland of their own, writes Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Tory leadership contenders: not up to the job

Editorial: Like the first round of the contest, the second confirms that Conservative MPs seem incapable of uniting behind a new leader

The Guardian - UK

A party for Penny as Tory leadership contest heats up

Anna Isaac on the mood inside the Tory leadership battle

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Liz Truss accused of ‘black-ops’ as desperate fight to stay in Tory leadership race begins

Allies brand Penny Mordaunt unfit to be prime minister and hit out at MPs who have broken pledges to vote for foreign secretary

The Guardian - UK

An education in privilege for Tory leadership hopefuls

Letters: Nick Toms is worried by Kemi Badenoch’s idea to cut down on support staff in schools, while Prof John Dainton questions Liz Truss’s criticism of her comprehensive school. Plus a letter from Alison Hallum

The Guardian - UK

Truss perplexes her fellow MPs with robotic pitch for Tory leader role, upstaging the Maybot

Truss had only one thing to throw into the ring once she found the door – and it was still The Convict

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch: Who is the Tory leadership hopeful aspiring to replace Boris Johnson?

‘Anti-woke’ candidate facing calls to step aside and rally behind Liz Truss but clearly has support

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Evening Standard

Conservative leadership analysis: Who is the real winner from second vote - Penny, Rishi or Liz?

Rishi Sunak could be forgiven a backwards glance over his shoulder and may be wondering if he has enough momentum to drive him over the line in first or second place

The Independent UK

Ranked: Tory leadership candidates’ branding efforts from best to worst

From flag-waving videos to American-style slogans, the campaigns of the final five are rated by a PR expert

Evening Standard

Braverman out, Sunak leads, Mordaunt gains, Truss licks her lips

Today’s vote:

Bangkok Post

Who could take over as UK prime minister?

The race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Britain's prime minister is down to five candidates after the second round of voting among Tory MPs on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Conservative leadership election: Who is still in the race to be the UK’s next prime minister?

Here are the candidates left in the Tory leadership contest following the second round of voting

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak storms ahead in race to replace Boris Johnson

The former chancellor now has the backing of more than 100 Tory MPs.

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt top Tory leadership ballot after second round of voting

The two MPs are the favourites to go head-to-head in a ballot of Conservative party members.

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