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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

Boris Johnson will be 'permanent nightmare' for next Tory PM, warns Hague

Former Conservative leader Lord Hague said the fact that Boris Johnson 'wants revenge on Rishi Sunakis already apparent, but if Liz Trussis elected, she will face the identical problem'

Daily Mirror

Scotland facing the 'worst of both worlds' with Tory leadership election, says SNP

THE SNP’s depute leader Keith Brown MSP has said that Scotland is facing “the worst of both worlds” with either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as…

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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clash over plans for illegal migration

Supporters of the two candidates for the Tory leadership also traded blows over tax cuts and economic credibility.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak: We’re going to need someone who actually understands Brexit

Rishi Sunak hit out at the “forces that be” who are supporting Liz Truss as he gave a speech in Margaret Thatcher’s birthplace.Speaing in Grantham, alled himself the “underdog” but stopped short of naming Ms Truss personally.He told the crowd: “The forces that be want this to be a coronation…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Whoever wins faces a bleak economic outlook

Inflation and a cost of living crisis mean the new PM will have little time to produce a feelgood factor

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss plans for tax cuts not ‘Thatcherite’, say members of former PM’s cabinet

Differences over tax have dominated Conservative leadership contest

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Tory candidates both vow crackdown on illegal migration

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have pledged fresh measures to tighten British borders.

The Independent UK

Sunak pledges to cap refugee numbers while Truss plans to expand Rwanda scheme

THE UK will crack down further on refugees in the coming months regardless of who enters Downing Street, after both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak…

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss reminds me of a Tory leader but it’s not Margaret Thatcher

She has personal traits and political characteristics that are strikingly similar to those of Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership race 'poses Thatcher threat to Scotland amid lurch to the right'

THE SNP have warned of a growing “Thatcher threat” to Scotland with the Tory leadership race lurching “even further to the right”.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss BOTH lurch to right with grim migrant pledges

Rivals Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vying to be Britain's next Prime Minister showed tonight that whichever way the scandal-hit Tories go, the UK will see further attempts to crack down on illegal migration - including the widely derided Rwanda asylum scheme

Daily Mirror

Sunak and Truss promise crackdown on illegal migration

Both the Foreign Secretary and the former chancellor appeared united on the need to toughen up UK policy on migrants.

The Independent UK

Thatcher ministers turn on Liz Truss over tax cut plans

Chris Patten, Norman Lamont and Malcolm Rifkind warn former PM would never have approved borrowing to fund £30bn cuts

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak hits out at ‘forces that be’ backing Liz Truss

Foreign Secretary Ms Truss, who has been tipped as the favourite among the Tory membership, said she was ‘not taking anything for granted’.

The Independent UK

How Margaret Thatcher is looming large over Tory leadership race

As the race to replace Boris Johnson continues, it is the legacy of another Conservative leader that both candidates are trying to claim as their own.

Reuters

'I am the underdog,' says British PM candidate Sunak

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday described himself as the underdog in the contest to become Britain's next prime minister.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak praised as ‘charismatic’ and ‘a strong family man’ after speech

Conservative Party members lauded the ex-chancellor following remarks in Grantham, the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher.

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The Independent UK

Sunak labels himself the underdog as ‘forces that be’ back Liz Truss

The ex-chancellor used a speech in Grantham, the birthplace of Margaret Thatcher, to kick-start his campaign for the Tory leadership.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss tax cuts could see interest rates hit 7 per cent, her own economic adviser admits

The Cardiff University professor also said he advocates ‘thinning out’ workers’ rights

The Independent UK

Sunak to set out plans to cut NHS backlog in campaign speech

The Tory leadership hopeful will make the speech in Grantham, birthplace of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Reason

The Political Strategy of "Making the Other Side Better"

Economist Tyler Cowen argues this approach is too often neglected. But is more common than he suggests.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak camp says debates against Truss will change Tory members’ minds

Sunak supporters claim Truss will perform poorly at hustings, as former chancellor launches fightback in Grantham

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak vows to proceed with Channel 4 privatisation if he becomes PM

A spokeswoman for the Tory leadership hopeful said ‘standing still is not an option’.

Evening Standard

If growth were just that easy, Liz Truss, why have the Treasury at all?

Rishi Sunak enters the last weeks of this leadership contest fighting on three fronts: over his tax hikes, with those who think he’s been disloyal and against Liz Truss. Many of the 200,000 Tory members will send their postal votes from early August. Time is against him.

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