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The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

Tory MPs are more focused on who they don’t want as leader than who they do

The two wings of the party are finding it increasingly hard to reconcile and are coalescing around ‘Stop Rishi’ or ‘Stop Liz’, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s deputy political editor

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

Andy Burnham says 'we need to start demanding a General Election' as he slams Prime Minister candidates for 'abandoning' levelling up

The Mayor of Greater Manchester said the current leadership bid promises would see levelling up 'dead in the water'

Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022

Liz Truss ‘prepared to withdraw’ UK from European Convention on Human Rights

Foreign secretary tells Tory MPs she would quit if necessary

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

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Tory leadership: Who are the candidates and what did they do before politics?

What job did the candidates do before they became an MP, where were they educated, and who were their parents?

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Sajid Javid quits bid to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minster candidate list announced

The MP, who was raised in Bristol, will not appear on the leadership ballot paper

Bristol Post · Jul 13, 2022

Hunt backs Sunak’s campaign after losing out in first ballot – as it happened

Latest updates: Former health secretary failed to get the required 30 nominations, along with the chancellor Nadhim Zahawi

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

Now Tory hopefuls fight to be ‘heir to Margaret Thatcher’

Big guns trade blows on day of first crunch vote in Tory leadership contest

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022

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Frontrunner Sunak targeted by rival campaigns as Tory contest heats up

Allies of Liz Truss have taken aim at the ex-chancellor as MPs prepare to vote in the first round of the contest to become the next prime minister.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Nadhim Zahawi would ‘certainly’ give Boris Johnson job in cabinet

Tory leadership contender’s unsual pledge comes as Jacob Rees-Mogg says he would refuse to serve in a Rishi Sunak government

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Grant Shapps denies ‘dirty tricks’ by Rishi Sunak’s Tory leadership campaign

Transport minister also dismisses Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that Sunak was a ‘socialist chancellor’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

Ex-finance minister Sunak tops first vote to be next UK PM

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak won the biggest backing from Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday in the first vote to choose who will succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister, while two more rivals were eliminated.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Tory odds: Who’s backing who in the leadership race?

Conservative MPs are backing different candidates for leader across a broad field

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Boris Johnson’s loyal ally Steve Barclay backs Rishi Sunak for Tory leadership

Former chancellor has ‘all the right attributes’, says ex-No 10 chief of staff

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Tory leadership race latest: Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt eliminated after first ballot as field cut to six

Jeremy Hunt lashes out at ‘smears and attacks’ as Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Suella Braverman, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch make it through to second ballot

Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

Wednesday’s briefing: Who’s left in the Tory leadership contest – and who might win

In today’s newsletter: Guardian political reporter Aubrey Allegretti talks us through the chances for the top candidates – from Truss and Sunak to Zahawi

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Tory MPs to put leadership contenders through their paces with first ballot round

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Suella Braverman will all be on the ballot.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Who is backing who in leadership race as Tory MPs prepare to vote

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Rishi Sunak accused of risking UK ‘recession’ as Tory rivals target leadership frontrunner

Former chancellor under fire from both wings of Tory party, after securing most nominations in backbiting leadership race

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

Deadlines, dropouts and ‘dark arts’: frenzied start to Tory leadership race

Candidates jostle for position as contest begins in earnest, with some hoovering up support and others floundering

The National (Scotland) · Jul 12, 2022

Leading LGBT organisations tell Tory hopefuls to 'call off the culture war'

TORY leadership contenders have been told to “call off the culture war” amid concerns that transgender people are being used as a wedge issue in…

France 24 · Jul 12, 2022

Diverse list of contenders raises prospect of first non-white British PM

The list of contenders in the running to be the next UK prime minister is notably diverse – the result of years of work to promote ethnic minority talent within the conservative party. But would a black or Asian prime minister be a leap forward for racial equality in the…

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

I was ready for Rishi but he wasn’t ready for me

I was invited to Sunak’s leadership campaign launch. Then I wasn’t. Surely someone who wants to lead our country can’t be scared of a little gentle mockery?

Reuters · Jul 12, 2022

Eight candidates nominated to succeed UK PM Johnson

Eight candidates will compete to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party, the committee in charge of organising the leadership contest said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Tory leadership: All the MPs still in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader - OLD

Contest to succeed prime minister described by one Conservative politician as the ‘wacky races’

Wales Online · Jul 12, 2022

Sajid Javid pulls out of race to replace Boris Johnson as PM candidate list announced

Votes will take place this week to slim down the number of nominations

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