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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

Tory leadership race: MPs whittle candidates down from eight to six

The Prime Minister is set to step down on September 6.

Chronicle Live

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

The Guardian - UK

Nadine Dorries claims ‘coup’ brought down Boris Johnson

The Culture Secretary has been a staunch supporter of the outgoing Prime Minister.

The Independent UK

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Conservative leadership campaign quotes of the day

The best soundbites from the remaining candidates.

The Independent UK

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

Rishi Sunak proposed holding indyref2 after Brexit, unearthed comments reveal

*We are resharing this piece from our archives as Rishi Sunak looks set to be the next PM. First published July 13, 2022*

The National (Scotland)

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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

Daily Mail out to stop ‘traitor’ Sunak as Tory rivals vie for press backing

Analysis: newspapers still hold great power, and pro-Johnson Mail has set out its ‘anyone but Rishi’ stall

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak wins first Tory leadership ballot but Penny Mordaunt has momentum

Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi are knocked out of race in first ballot of Tory MPs

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.

Reuters

Rishi Sunak tops first round of voting in UK leadership contest

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak won the most votes in the first round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister, as two candidates were eliminated.

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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

The National (Scotland)

Only 11 per cent of public can name Penny Mordaunt and some mistake her for Adele, poll finds

A few respondents to the SavantaComRes poll thought the MP was popstar Adele - when asked to name the politician from their photo

The Guardian - UK

How Tory hopefuls snapped up campaign web addresses well before Boris Johnson quit

Rishi Sunak denies registering Readyforrishi.com in December, months before launch of campaign

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.

Daily Record

MP Kirsten Oswald warns that the Tory leadership candidates are trying to “out-Thatcher Thatcher”

The SNP Westminster deputy leader says: "The only way for Scotland to rid itself of more toxic Tory austerity is by becoming an independent country"

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.

Daily Record

Penny Mordaunt favourite among Tory members to be next Prime Minister, poll finds

The former Defence Secretary was the clear favourite among Tory party members.

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