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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

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Liz Truss suffers serious setback in race for PM with ‘full-fat U-turn’ on regional pay

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen says policy blunder could be ‘dementia tax moment’ for Sunak’s opponent

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Liz Truss plan to cut public sector pay would ‘level down’ nation – Tory critics

Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said he was ‘actually speechless’ at the £8.8 billion proposal.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

‘Ticking time bomb’: Tory mayor ‘speechless’ at Liz Truss’s plans to cut public sector pay

Ben Houchen claims proposals will result in a ‘massive pay cut for 5.5 million people’ including nurses and police officers outside London

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Liz Truss revives promise to build Northern Powerhouse Rail

Tory leadership frontrunner commits to building Liverpool-Hull line, nine months after government scaled back plans

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022

PM hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak set out vision for the North

Their comments come after northern newspapers united to demand action on child poverty, the cost of living and levelling up.

Chronicle Live · Jul 28, 2022

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?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

The Northern Agenda: North's best-kept railway secret will bring faster, cleaner journeys

But communities on or near the route are being warned to expect disruption

Manchester Evening News · Jul 18, 2022

Rishi Sunak wears £490 Prada shoes on visit to Teesside building site

Rishi Sunak wore his £490 brown Prada suede loafers to a building site in Teesside on Saturday.

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2022