Liz Truss bids to save Tory leadership campaign with new tax cut pledges Foreign secretary announces tax cut proposals worth billions of pounds during online leadership debate The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022
Humour, armies, and cats: Tories tell 'biggest weaknesses' at leadership hustings RISHI Sunak thinks his biggest weakness is working too hard, while Liz Truss says hers is being too enthusiastic. The National (Scotland) · Jul 15, 2022
Rishi Sunak says his weakness is being too 'perfect' in front of mis-spelt sign The ex-Chancellor made the embarrassing gaffe in the first public Tory leadership hustings - where his rival Liz Truss splurged tens of billions of pounds of spending in just over an hour Daily Mirror · Jul 15, 2022
Liz Truss makes multibillion-pound pledges for Tory leadership in Zoom hustings The Foreign Secretary vowed to axe the corporation tax hike, which would cost around £16 billion per year. The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022
‘Dark arts’ and betrayal: one week in the Tory leadership race Battle to be in final two has been beset by mudslinging as frontrunners try to pick off supporters from rivals The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022
Factbox-Views of frontrunners to succeed UK's Boris Johnson The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with five candidates still in the running for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservative Party members. Reuters · Jul 15, 2022
Tory leadership contender Liz Truss announces she would axe planned hike in corporation tax Scrapping planned hike could cost around £16 billion The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022
Who is Kemi Badenoch? The Tory MP in the running to become Prime Minister Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat are the other names still in the running. Daily Record · Jul 15, 2022
Vicious Tory leadership spat as Boris Johnson 'backs anyone but Rishi' and MP in sweary swipe As fresh claims emerged about Boris Johnson and Lord Frost attacked surprise favourite Penny Mordaunt. Ms Mordaunt hit back saying 'people are gong to try and stop me' - and a backer of Rishi Sunak said he doesn't 'give a flying xxxx' what Lord Frost says Daily Mirror · Jul 15, 2022
What the hell’s he got to do with it? Blast for Frost as Right puts pressure on Badenoch to quit There are calls from Lord Frost for Kemi Badenoch to step aside from the Tory leadership race Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022
What time is the Tory leadership debate tonight? Remaining candidates face three clashes in five days as contest heats up The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022
The Northern Agenda: A toxic and dysfunctional town hall Failings at Middlesbrough council laid bare in bombshell report Manchester Evening News · Jul 15, 2022
Conservative leadership race: Big guns turn fire on Penny Mordaunt ahead of TV clash The final five Tory candidates enter a war of words as the fight for votes gets nasty Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022
Conservative leadership election: why a run-off between Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak is unlikely A second round of voting among Conservative MPs has whittled the candidates in the running to replace Boris Johnson as leader down to five. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, finished top with the votes of 101 Tory MPs, Penny Mordaunt, the international trade secretary, was second with 81, and the… The Conversation · Jul 15, 2022
Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022 Emily Sheffield: Penny Mordaunt may be making waves, but I’d rather go with what I know Like many in the last week, I’ve been scrambling around looking for the real Penny Mordaunt. Not the Penny Mordaunt this surprise leading contender wants to present to us, but the woman she may want to hide.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022 While Britain burns, the Tories are … fiddling with themselves again There’s a great river of molten horror approaching. What better time for a nice, long, frenzied leadership contest, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Daily Record · Jul 15, 2022 Tory leadership candidates to go head-to-head in first TV debate tonight Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt and Tom Tugendhat all made it through to the third round of voting.
The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022 Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become Tory leader? Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and faces uphill battle to displace favourites Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt
The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022 Tory leadership debate - live: Mordaunt, Sunak and Truss to compete for votes in TV clash Minister for trade policy said she polls highest in Red Wall and Blue Wall seats
The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022 One thing unites Tories in affluent Beaconsfield: moving on from Johnson Brexit is not the dividing line it was, but members spooked by the byelection loss nearby have divergent visions of the party’s future
The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022 Mordaunt accuses Tory rivals of trying to block her from reaching final two The Foreign Secretary is bidding to consolidate and increase support from the right of the Tory party in the face of a surge by Penny Mordaunt.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022 Tory leadership debate: rivals discuss tax, energy, NHS, the green economy and trust in first televised head-to-head – as it happened The five candidates face off in a televised Channel 4 debate
Daily Mirror · Jul 15, 2022 6 reasons to be worried about the Tory leadership candidates who'll be your Prime Minister All five remaining frontrunners have outlined plans to cut taxes in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. That spells bad news for austerity-battered public services - and that's before we get onto human rights and the environment...
The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2022 Penny Mordaunt accuses Tory leadership rivals of ‘black ops’ campaign Trade minister says spate of negative coverage is an attempt keep her out of final round of voting
The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022 When are the Tory leadership TV debates? Remaining candidates face three clashes in five days as contest heats up