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Conservative leadership election: how the hopefuls stack up against former prime ministers in terms of experience

It is generally assumed that the best candidates for the job of prime minister are people who have considerable experience of top-level politics. Ideally, this experience would involve having served in the cabinet and in particular, having occupied one of the “great offices of state” – chancellor of the exchequer,…

The Conversation · Jul 19, 2022

16 times the Tories have trashed the Tories' record in vicious leadership contest

With this litany of complaints about the party that's been in power for 12 years, it's no wonder the Tory leadership candidates didn't want to debate each other tonight

Daily Mirror · Jul 19, 2022

Tuesday briefing: Why the next PM will offer net zero on climate

In today’s newsletter: As the Tory leadership contest heats up, environment correspondent Fiona Harvey walks us through where candidates stand on the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

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 · Jul 18, 2022

Penny Mordaunt says she would abandon housing targets if she wins leadership race

“I will change the system. I will champion a brownfield building boom”

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

Tom Tugendhat out of Tory leadership race as Rishi Sunak remains in poll position

Mr Tugendhat received only 31 votes in the third round of the poll on Monday

Manchester Evening News · Jul 18, 2022

Tugendhat down, two to go: the Tory right is running out of time to beat Sunak

When Suella Braverman was knocked out, she begged her supporters to rally behind Liz Truss – but Kemi Badenoch snapped up more, says Katy Balls, deputy political editor of the Spectator

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022

Rishi Sunak remains frontrunner in Tory leadership race as Tom Tugendhat eliminated

Penny Mordaunt clung on to second place as the contest intensifies ahead of next poll on Tuesday

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2022

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 · Jul 18, 2022

Tory leadership: mid-table clash is chance for Mordaunt’s stalled campaign

Tom Tugendhat’s elimination leaves No 2 in race the only hopeful who is vaguely liberal and not tinged by Johnson’s government

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022