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Thursday briefing: What the shock Badenoch-Jenrick leadership battle says about the future of the Tories

In today’s newsletter: Conservative MPs have whittled down the candidates to Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. What does that say about the direction of the party?

The Guardian - UK

‘The glass ceiling for dogs had been broken!’ Herbie the cockapoo on his years working for Sunak and Starmer

While John Crace was writing political sketches for the Guardian, his dog Herbie was building a career in Westminster. We obtained an exclusive extract from his new memoir

The Guardian - UK

Reeves mulling national insurance on employer pension contributions

Treasury officials examining potential levy that experts say could raise as much as £17bn for the exchequer

The Guardian - UK

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The Tory leadership contest continues to deliver – for Labour

James Cleverly had been the one Tory talking a small amount of sense, so of course he lost to Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick

The Guardian - UK

What is happening with HS2 now? Everything we know as 'HS2 light' is proposed

Hope has been offered amid ongoing conversations about the future of the long-awaited project

Evening Standard

James Cleverly: Conservatism with a smile or just an empty suit?

News analysis: James Cleverly would almost certainly win a vote for which MP is best to go to the pub with but, despite huge experience in two of the great offices of state, doubts persist over whether he is the right man to lead a fractured Conservative Party

The Independent UK

PMQs sketch: No treats, only tricks in store as Rishi Sunak attacks Keir Starmer ahead of Halloween budget

Sue Gray and fate of Falklands also raised as MPs return after conference season

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Keir Starmer dodges questions on rumoured National Insurance increases in Budget

The Prime Minister did not answer whether his pre-election promise not to raise the tax applied to both employee and employer National Insurance payments

Evening Standard

‘HS2 light’ link to Manchester could replace scrapped line beyond Birmingham

Proposals are being reviewed for a more cost-effective HS2 line to Crewe

The Independent UK

UK Conservatives narrow their leadership race to 3 as a new front-runner surges

Conservative lawmakers in Britain have ejected former Security Minister Tom Tugendhat from the party leadership contest

The Independent UK

James Cleverly becomes Tory leadership frontrunner as Tom Tugendhat eliminated from race

Mr Cleverly urged the Conservatives to be ‘more normal’ at the party conference last week

Evening Standard

HS2 rail line will run into London Euston, transport secretary Louise Haigh hints

The government is expected to make an announcement around the time of the Budget

The Independent UK

James Cleverly wins backing of former rival in Tory leadership race

Former leadership candidate Mel Stride has come out in support of James Cleverly to take over from Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Media Watch: Laura Kuenssberg's Boris blunder sparks questions

There is really only one place to start this week and that’s with events that surrounded BBC presenter Laura Kuenssberg a last week ...

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The Guardian - UK

Euston is a problem without a good solution

The final irony of the HS2 fiasco would be the next blueprint for the station looking like the one rejected as unaffordable in 2020

The National (Scotland)

Voters say Keir Starmer 'sleazier' than Rishi Sunak, poll finds

KEIR Starmer is now viewed as more sleazy than his predecessor Rishi Sunak, according to a fresh poll ...

The Guardian - UK

Confused and conflicted: Tory party’s future hangs in the balance after divided conference

The four leadership candidates strutted around Birmingham last week like celebrities, but members seem unimpressed – and MPs think whoever wins might not even last until the next election. How do the Conservatives move forward?

The Independent UK

Who will be the next Conservative leader? The four frontrunners from Robert Jenrick to Kemi Badenoch

Although the race was announced on 5 July, the leader will not be revealed until early November

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Boris Johnson: once he was his party’s future – not now

Editorial: The former Tory leader hopes his memoirs will keep him in the political spotlight, but he is no longer the Tory asset he once was

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson’s biography still blank on government website amid pressure to include ‘sleaze and scandal’

Former Labour PM Tony Blair’s entry descibes him as having ‘enormous charisma, arguably the finest opposition leader of modern times’

The National (Scotland)

GB News loses court bid to have Ofcom sanctions blocked

GB News has lost a High Court bid to temporarily block Ofcom from sanctioning it after the regulator claimed that a Q&A with Rishi Sunak broke…

The Conversation

The Tories who are fit to serve have no wish to do so – why party conference should have been a moment to reflect on that

Hope, it seems, springs eternal in Tory breasts. No matter how disastrous the outlook might appear for their party, members can always cheer themselves up by exercising their right to choose new leaders, in the full knowledge that within months they will be plotting against them for not being “conservative”…

The Independent UK

Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi admits football hooligan past: ‘I went out looking for fights’

Zahawi was sacked by Rishi Sunak as Tory party chair over his tax affairs

The Guardian - UK

Politicians flying less or cutting out meat is ‘missing link’ in climate action

Exclusive: Study suggests people more willing to reduce own carbon footprint if they see leaders doing the same

The Independent UK

Blame Sunak for Tory election drubbing not me, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson believes that the Tories might have won the election this year if they had stuck with his agenda

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