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‘Deserves arthouse cult status’: our film critic reviews the Tory leader campaign videos

From Rishi Sunak’s use of a Max Bygraves catchphrase to the weirdly robotic Penny Mordaunt and the fantastically self-satisfied Liz Truss, the first crop of Conservative leadership campaign videos are very odd indeed

The Guardian - UK

FAW say they weren't asked for permission to be in Penny Mordaunt's controversial Tory leadership campaign video

There has been an outcry on social media over the inclusion of Wales' World Cup qualifier celebrations used in the video

Wales Online

Puppy who resembles 'drunk Boris Johnson' leaves people in stitches

The puppy has been gaining online attention thanks to her resemblance to Boris Johnson - with social media users joking she looks like him on the morning after a party

Daily Mirror

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Relying on Johnson’s failures is Labour’s only strategy - its time is almost up

Keir Starmer’s party lacks any kind of political vision to actively appeal to voters, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Who is backing who in the Tory leadership contest? MPs say who they want to be next PM

Rishi Sunak takes early lead as MPs nail colours to the mast

Wales Online

UK leadership contender Zahawi promises income tax cut

British finance minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday he would abolish a planned increased in corporation tax and would cut the basic rate of income tax by reducing government spending if he is chosen to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.

Reuters

Tax cuts! Tax cuts! Tax cuts! Welcome to Johnsonism without Johnson

If nothing else, this leadership contest is proving the ‘Boris Johnson as a Brexity Hezza’ [Michael Heseltine] motif was largely correct, even if the glaring internal contradiction meant it would struggle to produce a coherent policy platform.

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Royal Hospital 'at risk of flooding' due to 'lack of funding'

NHS bosses have said that Boris Johnson ’s pledge of 40 “new hospitals” has failed to materialise

Liverpool Echo

How much does Boris Johnson earn as prime minister? PM’s salary explained

The Prime Minister effectively earns two salaries

Evening Standard

People haven't heard of most Tory leadership contenders and wouldn't vote for them anyway

The ECHO spoke to people in Liverpool for their view on the candidates for the job of Prime Minister

Liverpool Echo

Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of delivering none of his levelling up promises to the North East

The Labour leader said in Gateshead on Monday that Britain had become "stuck" under the Tories, but was unable to give detailed policy pledges he would enact to level up the North East

Chronicle Live

Tory chancers are turning the leadership contest into a wild battle of extremists

Would-be leaders are trying to woo party members with a dangerous mix of fantasy policies and wild tax cuts, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Water leak 'raining' next to Boris Johnson's chair shuts the Commons in sad metaphor

A bin was put out to collect the drips from the ceiling of the Commons chamber - as Parliament appears to fall apart at the same speed as Boris Johnson's leadership

Daily Mirror

Danny Dyer leads I'm A Celebrity line-up rumours with Chris Kamara and Tom Daley also tipped

EastEnders actor Danny Dyer is being heavily linked with a place on the I'm A Celebrity 2022 line-up

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The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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Daily Record

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

Tory leadership candidates’ voting records - from Brexit to taxation

What have Boris Johnson's potential replacements voted for

Daily Record

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.

The National (Scotland)

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.

Bristol Post

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

Reuters

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.

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