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Liz Truss storms ahead of Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership candidate race, poll suggests

The battle to become the next Conservative leader has been whittled down to just two candidates

Leeds Live

Rishi Sunak vows to bring back Lord Geidt ethics adviser post if he wins race to No 10

‘It’ll be one of the first things I’ll do,’ former chancellor says

The Independent UK

Liz Truss takes the lead in Tory leadership race over Rishi Sunak, poll says

The foreign secretary is more trusted by party members than the former chancellor, according to a new survey

The National (Scotland)

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Liz Truss now leading Rishi Sunak by 24 points in race for No 10, polling of Tory members finds

Foreign secretary also leads ex-chancellor on key metrics such as trustworthiness

The Independent UK

UK leadership candidate Truss leads rival Sunak by 24 points - poll

British leadership candidate Liz Truss held a 24 point lead over her rival Rishi Sunak in a YouGov poll of Conservative Party Members published on Thursday.

Reuters

Tory MPs’ favourite Rishi Sunak faces challenge to win over party members

Analysis: missteps mean he trails Liz Truss in polls, and he will need to sell himself as a safer electoral bet

The Guardian - UK

Pantomime politics for members is a fool’s errand and repels voters

Three become two this afternoon in the Tory party leadership race, which now feels like a bi-annual event. The turnover of Conservative leaders and Prime Ministers — four in the past seven years — is neither good for the party nor for the country, which is crying out for political…

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Most Texans don’t want to make medication abortion a felony, poll finds

AUSTIN, Texas — About 6 out of 10 Texans oppose ideas for continuing a crackdown on abortion with additional laws that would criminalize use of an “abortion pill” obtained out of state and classify a Texan’s decision to have an abortion as homicide, a new poll has found.

Tribune News Service

Liz Truss odds-on to replace Boris Johnson as Tory leader, say bookmakers

Foreign secretary now more likely than not to be next PM, betting sites suggest

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak will struggle to match strong support from MPs among Tory members, poll finds

The former chancellor comes off worse in a run-off poll against any of the other four contenders, according to the latest Yougov poll

Daily Record

Tory leadership contest: Rishi Sunak would lose in final member vote against three rivals, poll shows

Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, and Kemi Badenoch could all defeat ex-chancellor

The Independent UK

Climate emergency is bottom priority for Tory members in leadership contest, poll finds

Just 4 per cent of Tories put issue in their top three priorities for the next party leader

The Independent UK

Labour challenges Nadhim Zahawi over tax and £26m business loan

Shadow minister Pat McFadden seeks answers about chancellor and offshore family firm, and £26m loan his firm spent on property

The Guardian - UK

Zahawi urged to explain source of £26m mystery loans

Chancellor’s £58m property firm used loans to buy commercial and retail premises across the UK

The Guardian - UK

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The National (Scotland)

'Record low' number of people think Brexit was a good idea, John Curtice says

A “RECORD high” number of people believe Brexit was a mistake, according to the latest polling.

The National (Scotland)

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

The Conversation

More young voters could come out to vote in November, sparked by abortion and other hot political issues

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion has far-reaching personal and political implications and may help decide the midterm elections in November 2022.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi, eat your heart out: the Conservative grassroots already have their darling

Members indicate their new leader should be a competent unity candidate, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss under pressure as rivals steal march in Tory leadership race

Foreign secretary forced to regroup after trailing behind Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt after first round ballot

The Guardian - UK

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

Wales Online

Tory leadership race eliminates Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi

The race is now down to the six candidates who secured 30 votes

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 Independent UK

Tory vice-chair resigns to publicly campaign for leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt

Remarks follow YouGov poll showing clear support for minister among Conservative members

Evening Standard

Mordmentum: Penny leads every candidate in Tory run-off

What does the Conservative membership want? Tax cuts? A war on woke? If the results of today’s YouGov survey are anything to go by, the answer is straightforward: Penny Mordaunt.

Reuters

Poll shows Penny Mordaunt would win runoff to become next UK PM

British minister Penny Mordaunt would win a runoff to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister if she makes it to the final two candidates, a poll by Yougov showed on Wednesday.

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