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What soaring inflation means for you - and five steps you need to take now

Key questions answered - including why everything is getting more expensive and what help you will get

Wales Online

UK counts the cost of fires and disruption fuelled by searing heat

Temperatures soared to above 40C for the first time ever on Tuesday, in a heatwave fuelled by climate change.

The Independent UK

Tory MPs to choose final two candidates as Liz Truss sees surge in support

A ballot on Wednesday will determine whether Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt or Liz Truss get knocked out of the race for No 10.

The Independent UK

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Fires still burning across UK after temperatures hit 40C on hottest ever day

A new record for the hottest day ever seen, of 40.3C, was provisionally recorded in Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, on Tuesday afternoon.

The Independent UK

Who is still in the race to be the UK’s next prime minister?

Here are the candidates left in the Tory leadership contest following the penultimate round of voting.

The Independent UK

Watchdog frustrated with Home Office as Channel crossings exceed 15,000 for year

The highest daily total so far in 2022 was recorded on April 13 when 651 people made the crossing in 18 boats.

The Independent UK

Temperatures of 40C in the UK ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

Met Office chief scientist says he ‘wasn’t expecting to see this in my career’ as temperature climbs above 40C for the first time ever.

The Independent UK

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Votes being counted in latest stage of the Tory leadership race

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to top the ballot again but all eyes will be on the contest to decide his likely challenger.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss receives backing from Ukrainian foreign minister in race for No 10

The Foreign Secretary is using a military pitch to win over supporters of Tom Tugendhat after he was eliminated from the race.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson removes whip – and leadership vote – from Penny Mordaunt backer

The Tory whips’ office said action was taken against Tobias Ellwood after he failed to support the Government in a confidence vote.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss makes defence spending commitment as she seeks Tom Tugendhat’s votes

Tory MPs will hold the penultimate vote for the leadership on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Mordaunt, Truss and Badenoch battle to face Sunak in Tory leadership run-off

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has consolidated his status as frontrunner in the parliamentary stage of the contest.

The Independent UK

UK to see hottest day on record with melting 40C temperatures predicted

It comes after the mercury hit 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk on Monday, making it the hottest day of the year so far.

The Independent UK

Tory MPs to vote again as Truss, Mordaunt and Badenoch fight for second place

Rishi Sunak’s place in the final two looked increasingly secure on Monday evening.

The Independent UK

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Heatwave and Covid milestone on agenda in PM’s final scheduled Cabinet

Ministers will look back at the rollout of the coronavirus vaccination programme, as well as the ability of the NHS to deliver during the heatwave.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak remains frontrunner as fight for second place intensifies

All thoughts will already turn to the next ballot on Tuesday, with Kemi Badenoch now the candidate with the lowest share of the vote.

The Independent UK

UK sees one of the hottest days ever with forecasters warning of worse to come

Rail and air travel and health services feeling the strain as the mercury climbed to 38.1C in Suffolk on Monday.

The Independent UK

Prince of Wales says tackling climate change is ‘utterly essential’

Charles said national commitments to reach net zero have ‘never been more vitally important’.

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The Independent UK

Disruption as UK swelters in extreme heat, with 41C forecast for Tuesday

Wales has seen its hottest day on record and temperatures topped 36C in Suffolk and at Heathrow Airport by early Monday afternoon.

The Independent UK

Unprecedented peak demand for water as UK swelters

Water UK said that the ‘most intense demand’ is across the south of England but that ‘pretty much all companies are seeing elevated demand’.

The Independent UK

In Pictures: UK tries to keep cool in heatwave as temperatures soar

The Met Office has confirmed that the UK is on track for its hottest day on record, with even higher temperatures predicted for Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson accused of ‘checking out’ from No 10 amid heatwave emergency

The Prime Minister took a ‘joyride’ in a Typhoon fighter jet and held a party at Chequers while colleagues held emergency meetings.

Evening Standard

UK heatwave: The role of climate change in ‘exceptional’ heat

The UK is forecast to see record-breaking temperatures that could hit 40C

The Independent UK

The role of climate change in ‘exceptional’ heat

The UK is forecast to see record-breaking temperatures that could hit 40C.

The Independent UK

TV debate cancelled as Mordaunt comes under fire from her boss

Penny Mordaunt has been accused of missing ministerial meetings because she was plotting her leadership bid.

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