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Thursday briefing: Sunak leads and Mordaunt is surging – but what do the numbers tell us?

In today’s newsletter: Private backroom deals done could swing the Tory leadership contest. But what if there was a way to predict who MPs will back before even they decide?

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership – live: Penny Mordaunt under fire as knives come out in race for No 10

Backers of Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman urged to ‘join Liz’ as race narrows to six

The Independent UK

Who is backing whom? Tory MPs offer support as six leadership hopefuls remain

More than 200 MPs have offered public support for a candidate.

The Independent UK

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Liz Truss under pressure as rivals steal march in Tory leadership race

Foreign secretary forced to regroup after trailing behind Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt after first round ballot

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt backs Rishi Sunak after elimination from Tory leadership race

Tory MPs vote for a second time on Thursday to remove the least popular candidate.

The Independent UK

Who is backing who? Tory MPs offer support as six leadership hopefuls remain

More than 200 MPs have offered public support for a candidate.

The Independent UK

Forget the ‘natural party of government’: these Tories are headless chickens

The leadership election is revealing a party that has no time for anything as boring as self-reflection, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Jeremy Hunt hits out at ‘smears and attacks’ in Tory leadership contest as he is eliminated

Hunt told other leadership hopefuls that ‘smears and attacks’ will ‘backfire in the long term’

Evening Standard

Hunt condemns ‘smears and attacks’ in Tory leadership race after elimination

The former foreign secretary was knocked out after failing to secure the support of at least 30 MPs.

The Independent UK

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

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

The Independent UK

Who Bristol region's Tory MPs are supporting for next PM in leadership contest

They are supporting a variety of candidates

Bristol Post

Tory leadership race eliminates Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi

The race is now down to the six candidates who secured 30 votes

Wales Online

Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt dumped from Tory leadership contest

The race for the Tory leadership, and the keys to No 10, tightened to six candidates on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full

How many MPs voted for each candidate and who will go through to the next round

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Tory leadership race: Six candidates scramble to lure supporters of defeated Zahawi and Hunt ahead of second vote

The six still in the contest will be further whittled down further after MPs hold a second ballot on Thursday

Manchester Evening News

Six Tory candidates left in leadership race after first ballot

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

Daily Record

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 Mirror

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

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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’

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

Daily Mirror

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.

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