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‘Next PM must find billions to help struggling households’

There are strange quirks to the UK’s unwritten (or so no one writes in, uncodified) constitution. Did you know that in the 1990s and 2000s, a by-election was not considered legitimate unless Michael Crick had doorstepped a terrified local candidate?

Evening Standard

Next PM must find 'many more billions' in energy bill help - as hikes branded 'inhumane'

Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) chief Paul Johnson said it was a 'mystery' why Tory leadership hopefuls were obsessing over tax cuts when the country was heading into recession

Daily Mirror

Conservative leadership race: ‘Next PM must find billions to help out struggling households’

Carrying on with the current economic policy is ‘not going to cut it’, IFS chief says

Evening Standard

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Sunak defends taking money from deprived urban areas as he faces latest hustings with Liz Truss – as it happened

Candidates face Tory members in Eastbourne; former chancellor, who was filmed saying he tried to divert funds from ‘deprived urban areas’, says it was sensible

The Guardian - UK

Next PM will have to find ‘many more billions to help households pay soaring energy bills’

Think tank also warns public services will need more investment

The Independent UK

‘We’re trapped.’ Scores of small bridges damaged in record Eastern Kentucky flooding

CHAVIES, Ky. — For the last few days, Jennifer Myers and William Duff have used her father’s pickup truck to get to their jobs at a nursing home, but he needs it back soon to get to his own job, and they’re not sure what they’ll do after that.

Tribune News Service

Tory leadership candidates unable to say Boris Johnson is 'honest' during TV debate

The five remaining candidates - Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat - are locking horns in a Channel 4 debate in front of vetted 'swing' voters as the race for Number 10 hots up

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Brit tourists describe 60ft-high flames amid 'absolutely terrible' wildfires in Portugal

A fire became so dangerous today that hotels were evacuated by Portuguese authorities as it spread from woodland towards the town of Almancil. British tourists also saw their holidays being disrupted

Daily Mirror

Why the Labour party is praying for the Tories not to vote for Rishi Sunak

In the race for the top job there’s the alumni of Academy Boris – and then there’s the former chancellor, Keir Starmer’s biggest headache, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Tory chancers are turning the leadership contest into a wild battle of extremists

Would-be leaders are trying to woo party members with a dangerous mix of fantasy policies and wild tax cuts, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Analysis-Tax-cut talk in UK leadership race adds to inflation angst

Promises of tax cuts from candidates to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose another inflationary risk which could pressure the Bank of England to raise interest rates more aggressively, cancelling out any potential boost to the economy.

Reuters

Best internet memes sparked by Boris Johnson’s resignation

The internet responded to Boris Johnson’s resignation

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson warned against ‘race to bottom on pay’ as rail strikes hit millions of travellers

Prime minister says UK must ‘stay the course’ to prevent wage hikes fuelling inflation

The Independent UK

Parents of boy saved by transplant send message of hope to tot waiting for heart

Max Johnson's father Paul paid tribute to Terry and Cheryl Archbold, whose 16-month-old daughter Beatrix is desperately ill. The little girl is in the same hospital where Max received his heart in 2017

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The Guardian - UK

The Tories are neglecting those young people who didn’t go to university

Further adult education could be used to level up the UK, but social mobility is still not happening, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Daily Mirror

Dad's plea to find missing son after going out with mates on Jubilee weekend

Oscar Johnson, 16, had been out with his friends but didn't return home, something his dad, from Stockport, has described as "out of character"

Manchester Evening News

'It's a mystery to us': Dad's concern for 16-year-old son missing since 'going out with mates' on Saturday

"Right now we're absolutely worried sick"

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak's 'criminal' energy plan will boost fossil fuels and pay wealthy second home owners

The Chancellor's "big bazooka" energy plan is not the simple solution the UK Government are painting it as

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The Independent UK

‘Rough justice’: Sunak hands wealthy pensioners £850 while poor families lose out, analysis shows

Increasing benefit payments would have been cheaper and may have been fairer, says think tank

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak attempts to end Good Morning Britain interview early

RISHI Sunak attempted to make a quick escape from a Good Morning Britain interview as he was grilled over a fresh package of measures designed to…

The Guardian - UK

U-turn on energy profits flags up Sunak’s lack of long-term plan

Analysis: Many Tory MPs say they don’t get what the chancellor stands for and this policy reversal won’t enlighten them

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

Georgia Tech College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s civil service job cuts are ambitious – and ideological

Analysis: policy aims to save money, but also chimes with government’s suspicion of a public sector stuffed with pettifogging remainers

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak blames IT problems for not raising benefits in line with soaring inflation

The Tory chancellor left himself open to ridicule when he blamed the UK Government's IT systems for not raising benefits in line with the soaring cost of living.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak blasted for using 'Computer Says No' excuse to cut benefits for millions

The Chancellor admitted 'it sounds like an excuse' after he blamed IT 'problems' for a real-terms benefit cut. Experts told the Mirror there were computer difficulties with some benefits - but they are no reason not to act

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