Tory hopeful Liz Truss has been criticised after she said the “jury was still out” on French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Tory leadership: Sajid Javid endorses Liz Truss to become the party’s next leader – and therefore the country’s next prime minister.
BBC News says Ballot papers for the Conservative leadership election have been delayed in being sent out over security fears.
Sky News says Former Tory leadership contender Penny Mordaunt has endorsed Liz Truss in the race to be prime minister, in a huge blow to Rishi Sunak.
Sky News says Rishi Sunak is promising a “radical” change if he becomes prime minister by cutting the basic rate of income tax from 20p in the pound to 16p by the end of the next parliament.
The Sun and TalkTV Conservative leadership TV debate, hosted by journalist Kate McCann, ended around halfway through when the presenter fainted on air.
The Guardian says THE TWO CANDIDATES in the race to succeed Boris Johnson represent two parties, although the distinction between them is not acknowledged.
The Independent says THERE IS obviously something very strange about having two Tory contenders to be our next prime minister go on television to make their cases – with the vast majority of the audience having no say on the outcome.
Daily Mail says Ding, ding! Seconds out. Time for the latest round in the bad tempered brouhaha also known as the Tory leadership contest.
BBC News says Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss tore into each other over their rival visions for the future of the UK economy, in their first head-to-head TV debate.
Sky News says THE TORY LEADERSHIP race is in full flow as Rishi Sunak pledged to impose curbs on China, labelling it the “biggest-long term threat to Britain”.
It’s been a shocking few weeks in Downing Street and as we get closer to the finish, the race for No 10 is heating up.
Conservative leadership race: Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss – Mordaunt knocked out!
The Tory leadership race has exposed the divisions and cracks within the Tory party, it is in part why Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the Sky News live TV debate.
The latest results from the Tory leadership race.
The BBC will host the final live TV debate for the final two candidates left in the race for No 10 – it comes just after the ky News debate was cancelled after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out.
This is the second to last vote for Tory MPs, by tomorrow we’ll know who the last two candidates are in the running for No 10.
Sky News says THE LAST four runners in the Conservative leadership contest will face another round of voting later, as the party decides who will replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street.
Tory leadership latest: 3rd ballot results – Tugendhat OUT
Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.
Today will see MPs head to the ballots to cast their votes in the third round of the Tory leadership race to find a successor to Boris Johnson, as the remaining five will become four this evening.
Tory leadership TV debate cancelled, Sky News has announced after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of the final TV debate which was set to take place tomorrow evening.
MPs will be holding a vote of confidence in the Government today as the opposition continues to call for Boris Johnson to step down immediately and hand the role over to a caretaker prime minister.
Sky News says Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss engaged in bad-tempered exchanges as the five remaining Conservative leadership rivals faced off in the second televised debate.
Rishi Sunak is likely into the final. The real competition is between Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt – and the only real question left is who will be joining Rishi in the final two?