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Conservative Leadership race: Voting ends in round one, results at 5

The race to No 10 is heating up as today will see the first round of Conservative leadership hopefuls battle to secure their colleague’s votes. 

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The Independent says Rishi Sunak has been accused of setting the UK on course for “a recession” and of “dirty tricks” after cementing his status as the frontrunner to succeed Boris Johnson.

The Guardian says Conservative divisions were laid bare on Tuesday as a wide-open field of eight MPs made it through to the first round of the fractious contest to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.

BBC News says Tory MPs are to cast their first votes in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as party leader – and prime minister.

BBC says CANDIDATES vying to be the leader of the Conservative Party – and the next prime minister – have just hours to secure the support of at least 20 MPs.

Since the news Boris Johnson will step down as prime minister and leader of the Conservative party, plenty of Tory MPs have thrown their name into the ring.

BBC News says FOREIGN SECRETARY Liz Truss has joined the race to replace Boris Johnson. Ms Truss pledged to start cutting taxes “from day one”.