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Tory members back Liz Truss to become next Prime Minister

A poll of Conservative Party members put Liz Truss ahead of Rishi Sunak.

Chronicle Live

Conservative members in Northern Ireland on what they think of final two leadership contenders

One NI Conservative member described the leadership battle between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as a "Hobson's choice"

Belfast Live

Liz Truss ambushed by badger cull protesters at Tory leadership hustings event

The Foreign Secretary oversaw the culling of the animals in a previous Cabinet role

Leeds Live

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Tory leadership - live: Liz Truss opens up huge lead over Rishi Sunak in latest poll

A total of 62 per cent of surveyed Tory members said they’d vote for the foreign secretary to be PM

The Independent UK

Liz Truss defends £30bn tax cuts as ‘affordable’ in bid for No 10

Rival Rishi Sunak was understood not to be forecasting tax cuts until at least autumn next year.

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)

Douglas Ross branded a 'coward' for refusing to admit who he backs in Tory leadership contest

The Scottish Conservatives leader previously called for Boris Johnson to quit Downing Street but he has remained tight-lipped on who should be the next PM.

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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

The nine things you need to know about Liz Truss

She came second in the ballot of Conservative MPs to select a potential new leader and Prime Minister, but polls suggest she is now the front runner as party members have their turn to decide

Wales Online

Tory leadership hopeful Truss 'frittered' £500,000 on private jets in just three months

TORY leadership hopeful Liz Truss spent £500,000 of taxpayers’ cash in just three months using private government jets, according to reports.

The National (Scotland)

Who is Patrick Minford - the economist cited by both Liz Truss and Margaret Thatcher?

The veteran Cardiff Business School professor first came to public prominence in 1981 in the depths of the recession triggered by Thatcher’s monetarist policies

Evening Standard

Northern Ireland Secretary ‘determined to avoid fresh Stormont elections’

Shailesh Vara said he is not afraid to take tough decisions and the option of cutting MLAs pay is ‘on the table’.

The Independent UK

The Leader podcast: Everything you need to know about Sunak vs Truss

We have our final two candidates for the next Tory party leader - former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss.

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The Guardian - UK

When and where are the Conservative leadership TV debates and hustings?

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will appear in several TV debates and go head to head at 12 hustings across the UK

The Independent UK

Liz Truss pledges tax reforms to help with childcare

The Foreign Secretary said if she becomes prime minister she would launch a review to allow households to be treated as single tax entities.

The Independent UK

Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak rejects bringing forward 2024 income tax cut to counter Liz Truss surge

Former chancellor’s pitch is ‘fiscal responsibility’ – but he is under pressure to accelerate planned 1p cut off 20p rate

The Guardian - UK

My view of Liz Truss? She brought home my wife, Nazanin – then she failed her

Those responsible for her imprisonment have still not been sanctioned, despite the Foreign Office knowing their identities, says Richard Ratcliffe

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Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have very different visions, but one key similarity

It can be hard sometimes to look past the personality quirks of the final two candidates to be Conservative Party leader and prime minister.

Reuters

Analysis-Race for Downing Street drives tax policy split into UK Conservatives

Differences over how to revive Britain's slow-growth, high-inflation economy could hardly be starker within the ruling Conservative Party as the two remaining contenders to become its new leader, and thereby prime minister, clash over tax.

The Guardian - UK

Weeks of Truss and Sunak tearing lumps out of each other should bring nothing but joy for Labour

Whoever wins this race will inherit the social and economic failings of the austerity era – all of which they voted for, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss spent £500,000 of taxpayers' cash on private flights in three months

The Tory leadership frontrunner has been accused of "frittering away taxpayers' cash" while families are struggling to pay their bills

The Independent UK

TV debates ‘could sway Tory leadership contest more than newspapers’

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are battling it out to be named the next prime minister.

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Ross says he's not backing ANYONE for new Tory leader

DOUGLAS Ross has refused to back any candidate for Conservative leader saying he will “work with whoever” takes over from Boris Johnson.

The Guardian - UK

Truss v Sunak: how do Tory PM contenders differ on policy?

What promises are leadership rivals making in terms of economy, climate, education and levelling up?

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