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Lord Hayward said the next prime minister must create the circumstances under which the previous frictions ‘disappear’.

Liz Truss’s campaign to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister received a major boost on Tuesday after a new poll of Conservative members suggested she had comfortably won Monday night’s fiery televised BBC debate with Rishi Sunak.

The SNP has blasted Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss for failing to put forward a credible plan to deal with cost of living.

Labour’s Shadow Minister Without Portfolio Conor McGinn questions why Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were unable to discuss 'real issues that matter to people'

Leadership candidates ignored calls from fellow Conservatives not to ‘tarnish the brand’ as they wrangled over tax cuts, inflation and relations with China

The pair clashed after a weekend that saw allies of the two Tory leadership hopefuls trade increasingly personal attacks

The rivals did not pull their punches, on the economy or China, as they kicked off a month of debates

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the two contenders to succeed Boris Johnson.

'Omg what an unnerving intro that was - I genuinely thought they were both cardboard cut-outs or waxworks'