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The Latest Breaking News from Penny Mordaunt

Who the North East's Tory MPs and councillors are backing to be the next Prime Minister

The field of candidates to take over in Downing Street is set to be whittled down to a final two next week

Chronicle Live

Suella Braverman urges her supporters to back Liz Truss

The Attorney General said Ms Truss is well-placed to make it into the final ballot and will not need to ‘learn on the job’ as PM.

The Independent UK

The first week of the Tory leadership contest, in graphs

It has been a busy week in politics - read our interactive overview on the state of the Tory leadership contest and what it tells us

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Liz Truss bids to save Tory leadership campaign with new tax cut pledges

Foreign secretary announces tax cut proposals worth billions of pounds during online leadership debate

The Guardian - UK

Humour, armies, and cats: Tories tell 'biggest weaknesses' at leadership hustings

RISHI Sunak thinks his biggest weakness is working too hard, while Liz Truss says hers is being too enthusiastic.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak says his weakness is being too 'perfect' in front of mis-spelt sign

The ex-Chancellor made the embarrassing gaffe in the first public Tory leadership hustings - where his rival Liz Truss splurged tens of billions of pounds of spending in just over an hour

Daily Mirror

Penny Mordaunt repeatedly advocated use of homeopathy on NHS

Exclusive: Tory leadership candidate has voiced support for what others say is bogus treatment

The Guardian - UK

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‘Dark arts’ and betrayal: one week in the Tory leadership race

Battle to be in final two has been beset by mudslinging as frontrunners try to pick off supporters from rivals

The Guardian - UK

Factbox-Views of frontrunners to succeed UK's Boris Johnson

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with five candidates still in the running for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservative Party members.

Reuters

The Standard View: Heat rises in the Tory leadership scramble

As the mercury rises, so too do the stakes in this Conservative leadership contest. Television debates will add a frisson of live drama, as outsider candidates prepare to have their breakthrough moment while the favourites hope not to make any unforced errors.

Evening Standard

Who is Kemi Badenoch? The Tory MP in the running to become Prime Minister

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat are the other names still in the running.

Daily Record

Chris Lewis: the PR boss backing Penny Mordaunt to be PM

Little attention has yet been paid to key ally of Tory leadership hopeful who lists his job title as ‘Grand Enchilada’

The Guardian - UK

Vicious Tory leadership spat as Boris Johnson 'backs anyone but Rishi' and MP in sweary swipe

As fresh claims emerged about Boris Johnson and Lord Frost attacked surprise favourite Penny Mordaunt. Ms Mordaunt hit back saying 'people are gong to try and stop me' - and a backer of Rishi Sunak said he doesn't 'give a flying xxxx' what Lord Frost says

Daily Mirror

Sunak and Tugendhat address plans to clean up Westminster, but others silent

The pair were the only remaining Tory leadership candidates to respond to questions about their plans to tackle misconduct by MPs.

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Evening Standard

What the hell’s he got to do with it? Blast for Frost as Right puts pressure on Badenoch to quit

There are calls from Lord Frost for Kemi Badenoch to step aside from the Tory leadership race

The Independent UK

What time is the Tory leadership debate tonight?

Remaining candidates face three clashes in five days as contest heats up

Evening Standard

Conservative leadership race: Big guns turn fire on Penny Mordaunt ahead of TV clash

The final five Tory candidates enter a war of words as the fight for votes gets nasty

The Conversation

Conservative leadership election: why a run-off between Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak is unlikely

A second round of voting among Conservative MPs has whittled the candidates in the running to replace Boris Johnson as leader down to five. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, finished top with the votes of 101 Tory MPs, Penny Mordaunt, the international trade secretary, was second with 81, and the…

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Evening Standard

Emily Sheffield: Penny Mordaunt may be making waves, but I’d rather go with what I know

Like many in the last week, I’ve been scrambling around looking for the real Penny Mordaunt. Not the Penny Mordaunt this surprise leading contender wants to present to us, but the woman she may want to hide.

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt: The navy reservist sailing ahead in the Tory leadership contest

The ‘gallant lady’ with a sailor’s humour could bring saltiness to the race to replace Johnson

The Guardian - UK

While Britain burns, the Tories are … fiddling with themselves again

There’s a great river of molten horror approaching. What better time for a nice, long, frenzied leadership contest, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Daily Record

Tory leadership candidates to go head-to-head in first TV debate tonight

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt and Tom Tugendhat all made it through to the third round of voting.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: Who is the foreign secretary hoping to become Tory leader?

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and faces uphill battle to displace favourites Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt

The Independent UK

Tory leadership debate - live: Mordaunt, Sunak and Truss to compete for votes in TV clash

Minister for trade policy said she polls highest in Red Wall and Blue Wall seats

The Guardian - UK

One thing unites Tories in affluent Beaconsfield: moving on from Johnson

Brexit is not the dividing line it was, but members spooked by the byelection loss nearby have divergent visions of the party’s future

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