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The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

Who is backing who? Tories nail colours to the mast in leadership contest

Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss are among the candidates leading the way.

The Independent UK

Tory contenders to succeed Boris Johnson warned against ‘unfunded tax cuts’

The hopefuls to be next prime minister appeared to be in a bidding war as they tried to win the backing of Conservative MPs.

The Independent UK

UK's Javid sets out tax-cutting plan in pitch to be PM

Sajid Javid, a contender to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister, said on Monday he would cut a slew of taxes and hold an emergency budget to increase help for households hit by the rising cost of living if he was chosen as leader.

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No amount of reputation laundering will clean the Tory party after Boris Johnson

The next leader will be as much to blame for our crisis as the PM – no matter how they try to shimmy away from the crime scene, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

ScotRail timetable chaos to end as train drivers accept pay deal after weeks of disruption

Members of the ASLEF union have accepted an improved pay offer from transport bosses that should mean more passenger services running across Scotland.

Daily Record

Boris Johnson rules out windfall tax on electricity firms

Ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak had mooted tax similar to energy profits levy on North Sea oil and gas

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership candidates’ voting records - from Brexit to taxation

What have Boris Johnson's potential replacements voted for

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Tory leadership candidates to face each other during live TV debates

Nearly all candidates to replace Boris Johnson have pledged massive tax cuts as soon as they get into office.

Daily Record

Ministers secretly lobbied by Uber to influence London's transport policy

UBER secretly lobbied ministers in order to influence London’s transport policy, it has been reported.

The National (Scotland)

Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore rules himself out of Conservative party leadership race

Eleven candidates have put themselves forward but he won't be one of them

Bristol Post

Analysis-Tax-cut talk in UK leadership race adds to inflation angst

Promises of tax cuts from candidates to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose another inflationary risk which could pressure the Bank of England to raise interest rates more aggressively, cancelling out any potential boost to the economy.

Reuters

Liz Truss registered leadership website month ago - two days after Boris Johnson confidence vote

Foreign secretary is running on a platform of tax cuts

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson poised to go ahead with resignation honours list

Nadine Dorries, Paul Dacre and Allegra Stratton among those reportedly lined up for peerages

The Guardian - UK

We now have clear proof that this Tory party is intellectually exhausted

Five days into the contest, the candidates to be the next Conservative prime minister have already offered £235 billion in tax cuts. None of them have begun to suggest how they would pay for them. Yet on they go, blithely playing to the gallery of Tory members, making promises that are…

Evening Standard

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Manchester Evening News

Gary Neville on the 'number one task' for new Prime Minister as race to succeed Boris Johnson heats up

The former United star has also called on the new PM to 'stop ignoring' climate change

Wales Online

When will the next Prime Minister be known?

The Conservative Party has to elect a new leader

The Independent UK

Contenders vying to succeed Johnson as next UK leader

A crowded field of contenders is vying to replace Boris Johnson as the next Conservative leader and British prime minister

Reuters

Factbox: The views of the frontrunners to succeed UK's Boris Johnson

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with 11 candidates so far putting themselves forward for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservative Party members.

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Daily Record

Scottish Government visa scheme for Ukrainians branded 'woefully inadequate'

SNP ministers were accused of "grandstanding instead of getting the detail right" after suspending applications for its super sponsor scheme for Ukrainian refugees.

Evening Standard

Pound falls amid political turmoil and economic gloom

There are concerns Boris Johnson is presiding over a ‘zombie government’

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson admits his support could ‘damage’ would be PMs

Boris Johnson has admitted that his support would damage the chances of any candidate vying to replace him as prime minister.

The Independent UK

Johnson decides against backing candidate in Tory leadership race

The Prime Minister suggested his support would be damaging.

The National (Scotland)

Who is Jeremy Hunt and what has he said about Scotland?

As candidates line up to become the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister, we take a look at one of the first to put himself forward, Jeremy…

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accuses Tory leadership hopefuls of eyeing ‘magic money tree’

The Labour leader accused the candidates to be the next PM of taking part in an ‘arms race of fantasy economics’.

The Guardian - UK

Channel 4 privatisation plan could be dropped by next prime minister

Tory MPs are ambivalent on the issue and there is uncertainty over what a caretaker government can do

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