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Six Tory candidates left in leadership race after first ballot

Two MPs were eliminated from the contest after the first round of voting

Manchester Evening News

Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi eliminated from Tory leadership race after first round of election

Candidates needed the backing for 30 Conservative MPs to get to the next round of the contest which is due to take place on Thursday.

Daily Record

6 Tory leadership candidates through first round with Hunt and Zahawi both out

In an evening of high drama at Westminster, Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt stormed into a strong second place alongside Rishi Sunak - but she could be replaced by Liz Truss on the final ballot if the right unite around her

Daily Mirror

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Sunak ahead as Hunt and Zahawi knocked out of Tory leadership race

Results in from first round of knockout votes in contest to decide next party leader and prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Public still ‘unfamiliar’ with most Tory leadership candidates – poll

An Ipsos survey found some candidates were barely more well known than a fake MP created by the pollster.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss vows to halt green levies as fears grow over Tory net zero promise

Foreign secretary wants to look again at ‘best way of delivering net zero’

The Independent UK

The most coveted endorsement in race to be next British prime minister? Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher has not been in power since 1990. In fact, she's been dead since 2013. But the former Conservative prime minister has been a regular presence in this week's contest to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's next leader.

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Starmer attacks Tory leadership candidates as Johnson defends record

PM says he leaves with ‘head held high’ as Labour leader questions tax affairs and capabilities of those vying to succeed him

The Guardian - UK

Who is backing who? 180 Tory MPs pledge their vote in leadership contest

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way as the first round of the vote looms.

The Independent UK

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi will offer 'friend' Boris Johnson a job in his Cabinet

The multimillionaire Tory leadership contender has been backed by Jesse Norman, Brandon Lewis and Amanda Milling. The new Prime Minister will be announced on September 5.

Daily Mirror

Tory leadership election plunges into bitter spats and lurches right as MPs hold key vote

Right-wingers were splintering this morning between Liz Truss and 'woke warrior' Suella Braverman as policies tilted further to the right all the time - and TWO candidates quoted Margaret Thatcher

Daily Mirror

Nadhim Zahawi does not rule out scrapping BBC licence fee if he becomes PM

The new Chancellor said ‘nothing is off the table’.

The Independent UK

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

Nicola Sturgeon has no time for 'japes' from jokers running for Tory leadership

NICOLA Sturgeon has hit out at the “japes” in the battle for the Tory leadership following the news that one candidate has hijacked another’s…

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The Independent UK

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.

Daily Record

Nadhim Zahawi would offer Boris Johnson Cabinet role if he becomes Prime Minister

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is one of eight Conservative MPs to make it onto the first ballot to replace the current Prime Minister.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson 'certain' for top Cabinet role if I'm prime minister, Nadhim Zahawi says

BORIS Johnson would “certainly” be offered a top Cabinet position if Tory leadership hopeful Nadhim Zahawi wins the race to replace the interim…

The Independent UK

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

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Evening Standard

Nadhim Zahawi: I would certainly give Boris Johnson Cabinet job if elected prime minister

The Chancellor described Mr Johnson as ‘probably the most consequential’ prime minister of his generation

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

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

UK economy rebounds by 0.5% despite cost-of-living crisis

Growth witnessed across all main sectors – but ONS warns inflationary pressures could see this falter

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the under-fire Tory Party chairman

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rose to No 11 Downing Street and propped up Boris Johnson’s ailing administration last summer, only to be hit by a tax scandal himself

The Independent UK

UK Conservative hopefuls strikingly diverse, firmly on right

The race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being called Britain's most diverse political leadership campaign

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