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UK's Liz Truss maintains big lead in leadership contest - poll

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss remains far ahead of leadership rival Rishi Sunak in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, a YouGov poll for Sky News showed on Thursday.

Reuters

Consumer confidence rose in July to end seven-month stretch of decline: survey

The increase possibly coincided with the arrival of the Government’s first cost-of-living payments.

The Independent UK

Is race an issue for Rishi Sunak? It's a difficult question for pollsters to investigate but the information we do have is telling

A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July 21 had him on 38% to her 62%. She appears to be winning the contest hands down.

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Third of women don’t know how to get abortion in UK, poll shows

Exclusive: ‘We believe that abortion is a basic human right, and that no one should be prosecuted for ending their own pregnancy,’ campaigner says

The Independent UK

Sajid Javid backs Liz Truss for PM as new polls give her clear lead over Rishi Sunak

New polls suggest Liz Truss has a commanding lead over rival Rishi Sunak

Evening Standard

Liz Truss news - live: Sunak hints he would consider abolishing inheritance tax in latest hustings

Backing of former health secretary comes as new poll finds Rishi Sunak is trailing by 32 points in leadership contest

The Independent UK

Truss campaign bounces back after embarrassing U-turn

Foreign secretary has secured the endorsement of former chancellor Sajid Javid

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Liz Truss insists U-turn over regional pay policy showed she was 'decisive'

Liz Truss insisted her U-turn over a regional pay policy for public servants showed she was “decisive”.She continued to claim the policy had been “misrepresented” although did not set out how, or why it was being abandoned entirely rather than clarified.The comments come as Ms Truss insisted she is taking…

Evening Standard

Truss ‘not taking anything for granted’ after extending poll lead over Sunak

But the Foreign Secretary continues to face questions over her U-turn on an £8.8 billion policy.

The Independent UK

Under fifth of Tory members say ‘most likely’ scenario is a Tory majority under Rishi Sunak

Almost 40% of Tory members believe scenario is ‘most likely’ for Liz Truss

The Independent UK

Who is winning the Tory leadership race?

The next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister will be announced in a little over a month, so who is coming out on top at this stage of the contest?

Liverpool Echo

Liz Truss blasted for 'crazy tax cuts' and 'laughable' pay U-turn by ex-Treasury minister

Lord O'Neill gave a scathing verdict on Liz Truss' campaign, saying, 'One crazy idea results in another one'

Daily Mirror

Labour lead falls as Tories make up lost ground, Westminster polling shows

THE latest YouGov/Times voting intention poll shows there is just a one percentage point difference between support for the Labour and Conservative…

The National (Scotland)

Tories delay sending out leadership ballots on 'cyber security advice'

THE Conservative Party has delayed sending out ballot papers for the leadership election over security concerns.

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Daily Record

Liz Truss extends lead over Rishi Sunak in polls as voting 'delayed' after spies warn of cyber attack

A YouGov poll puts Liz Truss well ahead of Sunak in support from party members, with her lead increasing to 34 points.

The Independent UK

Conservative Party delays sending out leadership ballots on security advice

It is understood there was no specific threat from a hostile state and concerns were instead raised over the vulnerability of the voting process.

Evening Standard

Tory leadership vote ‘delayed after hacking alert’ as Liz Truss pulls ahead in poll

Delays to ballots are not expected to change the contest’s end date, a Conservative MP said

The Independent UK

Ballots ‘delay’ gives Sunak time before votes cast as Truss pulls ahead in poll

Delays to ballots are not expected to change the contest’s end date, a Conservative MP said.

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Daily Mirror

Conservative leadership voting 'delayed' after GCHQ spies warn of cyber attack

UK intelligence services at GCHQ have warned of cyber attacks leading to a reported delay in voting by Conservative members to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister

Reuters

UK's Liz Truss has 34 point lead over Sunak - YouGov/Times poll

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has a 34 point lead over former finance minister Rishi Sunak among the Conservative Party members who will decide Britain's next prime minister, a YouGov poll for The Times newspaper showed on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Claims that Tory leadership fight is all but over are premature

Analysis: momentum appears to be with Liz Truss but there are signs that race with Rishi Sunak could be tighter than expected

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak pledges 20% tax cut by end of decade in last-gasp pitch to members

Former chancellor warns party members against ‘fantasy economics’, adding voting for Truss would be ‘self-sabotage’

Evening Standard

Truss insists she’s still ‘fighting for every vote’ as Sunak struggles to kickstart campaign

Tory members will receive their ballot papers from Monday to decide who they want as leader

The Independent UK

Nearly one in four Londoners have used the Elizabeth line

More than a third of those who have used the £19 billion railway took a special trip out of their way to see what it was like.

Reuters

UK PM hopeful Sunak would have edge over Truss with swing voters – poll

British leadership candidate Rishi Sunak would have a significant edge over his rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss among swing voters if he became prime minister, a YouGov poll of almost 5,000 Britons showed on Thursday.

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