‘The new dementia tax’: Truss’s U-turn is first real howler of Tory leadership race
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Opinion | The Fantasy of Brexit Britain Is Over: The country is being cut down to size.
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Liz Truss wins backing of former Tory leadership rival Penny Mordaunt: The Conservative Party members' ballot will close on 2 September, and whoever is named the ...
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Righter than right: Tories’ hardline drift may lose the public: Polls suggest leadership race may be going further than even Conservatives might want on ...
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Opinion | The Fantasy of Brexit Britain Is Over: The country is being cut down to size.
nytimes.com/2022/08/01/opinion/britain-brexit-truss-sunak.html
‘The new dementia tax’: Truss’s U-turn is first real howler of Tory leadership race
theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/02/the-new-dementia-tax-trusss-u-turn-is-first-real-howler-of-tory-leadership-race
Liz Truss wins backing of former Tory leadership rival Penny Mordaunt: The Conservative Party members' ballot will close on 2 September, and whoever is named the ...
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Righter than right: Tories’ hardline drift may lose the public: Polls suggest leadership race may be going further than even Conservatives might want on ...
theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/01/righter-than-right-tory-conservative-hardline-drift-public-opinion
UK leadership favourite Truss U-turns on pay plan in first big misstep: Britain's foreign minister Liz Truss, the frontrunner to replace Boris Johnson as prime ...
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Rishi Sunak pledges 20% tax cut by end of decade in last-gasp pitch to members: Former chancellor warns party members against ‘fantasy economics’ ...
theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/31/rishi-sunak-pledges-20-tax-cut-by-end-of-decade-in-last-gasp-pitch-to-members
No, Tory party members shouldn’t be allowed to choose our next prime minister: As the ballot papers go out, John Rentoul argues that Conservative members ...
independent.co.uk/voices/no-tory-party-members-shouldn-t-be-allowed-to-choose-our-next-prime-minister-b2135275.html
Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak pledges 'radical' tax cut and attacks Liz Truss as party members start receiving ballot papers
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Rishi Sunak struggles to keep up in race to be PM as Liz Truss gets more senior backers
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Nadine Dorries’s ‘disturbing’ tweets on Sunak condemned by Tory MPs: Culture secretary’s post portraying Sunak wielding knife at Boris Johnson denounced in light ...
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Trade minister Penny Mordaunt narrowly lost out to Liz Truss for a place in the final two in the Tory Party leadership race with Rishi Sunak.
Show more British PM candidate Sunak vows 20% income tax cut by 2029: Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, has vowed to slash the ...
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Rishi Sunak vows to revive high streets by slashing empty shops: Rishi Sunak has announced plans to revive the UK's high streets in his bid for Tory ...
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Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak pledges to fine patients who miss GP appointments £10 as Liz Truss pitches herself as 'education prime minister'
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Brandon Lewis endorses Liz Truss in latest blow to Rishi Sunak: Former Northern Ireland Secretary endorsed Liz Truss as he attacked Rishi Sunak over the Northern ...
metro.co.uk/2022/07/31/brandon-lewis-endorses-liz-truss-in-latest-blow-to-rishi-sunak-17099061/
Tory leadership race reignites after Liz Truss U-turns on 'pay cut for Northerners' policy
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Voting begins in Britains prime minister contest, Truss wins cabinet backing: Experts believe that a large minority of the roughly 200,000 Tory members hold a ...
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Penny Mordaunt's endorsement is a boost for the Truss camp and a crushing blow for Rishi Sunak
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Rishi Sunak Pledges 20% Cut In Basic Rate Of Income Tax By 2029 In UK: Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain's next prime minister ...
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There's always money for tax cuts and shareholders, so why no pay rises for ordinary people?
inews.co.uk/opinion/money-tax-cuts-shareholders-why-no-pay-rises-ordinary-people-1772688
Sunak's tax plans would still leave Britons paying highest amount since the 1950s, experts say
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Liz Truss wants ‘positive’ campaign after Dorries' tweet showed Sunak stabbing Johnson in back
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Penny Mordaunt backs Liz Truss over Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership race: 'Liz knows what our nation needs now - and that that isn't timidity' ...
inews.co.uk/news/politics/penny-mordaunt-backs-liz-truss-rishi-sunak-tory-leadership-race-1773650
European women's soccer championship: how long will the euphoria last in England?
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Rishi Sunak's team believe polls putting them behind Liz Truss may be misleading
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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the 'two worst' candidates for leader, Young Tories say
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Liz Truss wins UK cabinet backing in PM race against Rishi Sunak as voting begins
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Rishi Sunak And His Bid To Be UK PM, It's A Crucial Day: British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement on Monday as Tory ...
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Ballot papers arrive ahead of crucial week in race for prime minister: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak face another hustings this evening in Exeter as Nadhim Zahawi ...
metro.co.uk/2022/08/01/ballot-papers-arrive-ahead-of-crucial-week-in-race-for-prime-minister-17102575/
Tax wars deepen as Rishi Sunak pledges 4p cut to income tax at cost of £24bn: Cut would be paid for by economic growth but rival Liz Truss says it will come too ...
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Trailing in the election, Sunak announces radical 20 per cent income tax cuts: Sunaks future tax cut promise comes in the backdrop of his rival Liz Truss ...
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Blue on blue attacks will damage Tories at election, Cabinet minister warns Sunak and Truss
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UK: Tory leadership race reaches final leg, Sunak trailing behind Truss: The race for UK's next PM is on as the voting to select the new leader of the ...
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Voting set to begin in race to become UK prime minister: The bruising race between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to become Britain's next prime minister steps ...
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Rishi Sunak attempts to revitalise campaign with vow to slash income tax by the end of the decade
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British PM candidate Rishi Sunak vows 20% income tax cut by 2029 : Rishi Sunak said the plan would mark the biggest income tax cut since the time of Margaret ...
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Tory members choose Boris Johnson's successor: Foreign Minister Liz Truss and ex-Finance Minister Rishi Sunak are up for voting. The two prevailed in several ...
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Nadine Dorries criticised for sharing ‘dangerous and distasteful’ image of Rishi Sunak
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Why the race to become Prime Minister is now just plain silly: Tory leadership battle would be funny, if not for the living costs crisis facing the country.
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Nadine Dorries criticised for sharing edited image of Sunak wielding knife: The culture secretary is criticised for sharing a doctored image of Rishi Sunak ...
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UK PM race: Rishi Sunak vows 20 per cent income tax cut by 2029: Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister ...
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Truss wins UK cabinet backing as voting begins in PM contest: British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won further heavyweight endorsement Monday (1 August) as ...
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Rishi Sunak can still beat Liz Truss by winning 'ground war' in whistlestop tour of 200 seats
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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak need to stop 'damaging' the Tory record, says Andrea Leadsom
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Tory MPs condemn Nadine Dorries over 'disgraceful, dangerous' Rishi Sunak knife post
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Maggie Thatcher’s divisive legacy looms over UK Tory leadership race: Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over ...
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Tory leadership: Penny Mordaunt backs Liz Truss to be prime minister: The former Tory leadership rival calls Truss the "hope candidate" in the race against Rishi ...
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IFS: Sunak's pledged Income Tax cut smaller than his tax rises as chancellor
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Truss camp split over Dorries tweet showing Sunak as back-stabbing assassin: LIZ Truss’s campaign team has split over whether it was right to promote a social ...
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The real difference between Sunak and Truss's tax policies: The Tory leadership race is becoming a test of patience. Today Rishi Sunak has laid out his plan to ...
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Shapeshifting Sunak’s tax-cutting conversion risks overpromising: Former chancellor takes leaf out of rival Liz Truss’s book but his plans may be too good to be ...
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Boost for Truss as nine Scottish Tory MSPs declare their support: NINE Scottish Conservative MSPs have declared their support for Liz Truss to be the next Prime ...
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Truss wins cabinet backing as voting begins in contest: British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement today as Tory members ...
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British PM candidate Rishi Sunak vows 20 pct income tax cut by 2029: Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister ...
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Rishi Sunak’s tax-cut pledge is a desperate attempt to keep up with Liz Truss: On 31 July England's brilliant Lionesses lifted the Women's Euro 2022 trophy after ...
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Truss or Sunak: Tory members vote on Johnson's successor: Almost four weeks ago Boris Johnson announced his withdrawal from the party and top of government ...
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Rishi Sunak vows to take 4p off income tax: But the ex-chancellor's pledge for the end of the next parliament is criticised as being too slow.
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One month on: 9 things we’ve learned since Britain’s Tories went into meltdown: Boris Johnson’s defenestration — and the race to replace him — has thrown up all ...
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Hard work won’t be enough to pay your energy bill: The idea that the UK is in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis is, as Donald Trump would say ...
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The decline and fall of Rishi Sunak: Liz Truss's triumph over Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest is almost a done deal now
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Tory members vote on Johnson's successor: Almost four weeks ago, Boris Johnson announced his withdrawal from the party and government leaders announced ...
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Deirdre Heenan: The North will continue to be collateral damage under a Truss premiership
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Sunak and Truss have no answer to the big problem facing the West: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss talk as if the 21st century never happened. They cannot see how the ...
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UK’s Truss says no to Scottish referendum, Sunak vows to fine NHS no-shows: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said there would not be another referendum on Scottish ...
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In the race to succeed Boris Johnson, only China hawks need apply: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are both scrambling to look tough on Beijing.
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Penny Mordaunt backs Liz Truss in bitter blow for Rishi Sunak: The trade minister said Ms Truss was the ‘hope candidate’ though Mr Sunak stressed he would ...
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Conservative leadership debate in Exeter: The two candidates went head to head in front of Tory Party members
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Let’s be honest — we have no clue at all about these Tory candidates: It’s hard to read Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. They don’t tell us much at the hustings ...
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Liz Truss agrees pledges on media freedom and fair competition: MP Liz Truss has matched her rival in key legislation aimed at reining in the power of big tech ...
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Image of Sunak stabbing PM in the back not part of Truss campaign, says Coffey: The Work and Pensions Secretary, who is Liz Truss’s campaign manager ...
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Kirsty Strickland: PM Truss just shattered idea Johnson's exit is 'bad for Yes': THE Conservative leadership hustings have been an opportunity for candidates Liz ...
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Nadine Dorries poses with Spice Girl Geri Halliwell as popularity ratings plunge: NADINE Dorries’s popularity among Conservative members has nose-dived in recent ...
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Conservative leadership race: 49% of Tory backers say Rishi Sunak has what it takes to be a good PM
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Rishi Sunak accuses colleagues of ‘rose-tinted’ view of Boris Johnson’s last days
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South West tells next Prime Minister 'give us our fair share': Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are in region to drum up support in leadership race and business leaders ...
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Truss plays down lead over Sunak as more senior backers boost her campaign: Ex-Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis was the latest to throw his weight behind ...
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Prime Minister candidate Sunak as "assassin": outrage at British culture minister
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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss should not attack green issues: One of the more alarming elements of the ongoing insular process to select a new leader of the ...
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Andy Burnham: if neo-Thatcherite Rishi or Liz betray levelling up, we need a fresh election
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‘Shameful’ – SNP blast Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss response to rising energy bills: THE Tory leadership contenders have been accused by the SNP of a “shameful” ...
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