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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

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

Evening Standard

Six Tory candidates left in leadership race after first ballot

Two MPs were eliminated from the contest after the first round of voting

Manchester Evening News

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.

Daily Record

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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.

Reuters

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

Daily Mirror

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 National (Scotland)

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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"

Daily Record

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.

Reuters

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.

Daily Record

Ancestral ties: India avidly watching British leadership race

Half a world away from the political drama in London, many Indians are closely following the twists and turns of who replaces Boris Johnson as British prime minister, curious to see how two candidates with Indian ancestry fare.

Reuters

Starmer attacks Tory leadership candidates as Johnson defends record

PM says he leaves with ‘head held high’ as Labour leader questions tax affairs and capabilities of those vying to succeed him

The Guardian - UK

Who is backing who? 180 Tory MPs pledge their vote in leadership contest

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss still lead the way as the first round of the vote looms.

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: 'We need a Minister for the North'

Senior Tory's demand to leadership candidates as race to be the next PM hots up

Chronicle Live

Boris Johnson says he is 'proud of his leadership' at last Prime Minister's Questions

The Prime Minister said he would leave Number 10 'with his head held high'

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson boasts he's 'proud' and quits with 'head held high' in shameless PMQs

The Prime Minister showed no remorse for years of sleaze and scandal in a defiant PMQs session with Keir Starmer - and even suggested he could skip next week's final clash ever

Daily Record

Alba MPs thrown out of Commons over independence referendum protest

Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill were kicked out ahead of Prime Minister's Questions.

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak: Who is the former chancellor leading the race to be the next PM?

Richmond MP must convince fellow Tories he is right man to lead economic revival and unite party

Manchester Evening News

Which Tory MPs are still in the running to be Prime Minister?

The contest to replace Boris Johnson as Tory party leader and Prime Minister heats up as eight MPs progress to the next stage.

Daily Mirror

Tory leadership election plunges into bitter spats and lurches right as MPs hold key vote

Right-wingers were splintering this morning between Liz Truss and 'woke warrior' Suella Braverman as policies tilted further to the right all the time - and TWO candidates quoted Margaret Thatcher

The Independent UK

UK Conservatives cast votes in 1st round of leadership race

Conservative Party lawmakers in Britain are casting ballots in the first round of an election to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs are more focused on who they don’t want as leader than who they do

The two wings of the party are finding it increasingly hard to reconcile and are coalescing around ‘Stop Rishi’ or ‘Stop Liz’, says Katy Balls, the Spectator’s deputy political editor

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham says 'we need to start demanding a General Election' as he slams Prime Minister candidates for 'abandoning' levelling up

The Mayor of Greater Manchester said the current leadership bid promises would see levelling up 'dead in the water'

Manchester Evening News

Date millions will receive DWP cost of living payment this month

The first payment of £326 will be made this month

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