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Liz Truss wins Tory leadership ballot spot as she dramatically ousts Penny Mordaunt

Around 180,000 Tory members will vote for the winner of the Tory leadership contest who will be announced on September 5, with Boris Johnson resigning and his successor taking office on September 6

Daily Mirror

Tobias Ellwood temporarily given back Tory whip to vote in leadership contest

Penny Mordaunt supporter was disciplined on Tuesday after missing no-confidence vote

The Guardian - UK

Tobias Ellwood hails temporary return of Tory whip to allow leadership vote

The Penny Mordaunt-supporting MP had not been expected to have a vote in the remaining ballot of the contest.

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Tobias Ellwood has Tory whip restored so he can vote in leadership contest

Backbencher allowed to vote so neutrality of whips’ office ‘can not be questioned’

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt deletes tweet with claim her rivals will 'murder' the Tory party

It's thought the tweet was posted accidentally, pulling in a headline from a Telegraph article which said rival Liz Truss was 'wooden'. Two MPs have recently been murdered

Daily Mirror

Recent weeks ‘a sad chapter’ in history of Conservatives, says Ellwood

Tobias Ellwood declined to get into speculation about why the Government moved so swiftly to strip him of the party whip.

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch knocked out of Tory leadership race

Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss now look to be fighting each other to take on Rishi Sunak in membership vote

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4 contenders battle in bitter race to replace Boris Johnson

The fractious race to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister has narrowed, with four candidates battling for two spots in a run-off vote by members of the governing Conservative Party

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson removes whip – and leadership vote – from Penny Mordaunt backer

The Tory whips’ office said action was taken against Tobias Ellwood after he failed to support the Government in a confidence vote.

The Independent UK

Tobias Ellwood loses Tory whip after missing confidence vote

Outspoken critic of Boris Johnson sanctioned by PM for refusing to support government

The Guardian - UK

Tobias Ellwood stripped of Tory whip after abstaining in confidence vote

The long-time critic of the Prime Minister will no longer be able to vote in the Conservative leadership election

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson strips Tory whip from one of his biggest critics over confidence vote

Tobias Ellwood has lost the whip in an act from the vengeful Prime Minister - meaning the senior moderate can no longer vote in today's crucial Tory leadership ballot

Daily Mirror

Senior MP stripped of Conservative Party whip after failing to show support

SENIOR MP Tobias Ellwood has been stripped of the Conservative Party whip after failing to show his support in the Government in the confidence…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson strips whip from Tobias Ellwood, removing his leadership race vote

The long-time critic of the Prime Minister will no longer be able to vote in the Conservative leadership election.

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Tory MP Tobias Ellwood has whip removed ‘for failure to support’ Boris Johnson’s government

No vote was recorded in confidence motion for the senior Tory

The Independent UK

Liz Truss accused of ‘black-ops’ as desperate fight to stay in Tory leadership race begins

Allies brand Penny Mordaunt unfit to be prime minister and hit out at MPs who have broken pledges to vote for foreign secretary

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP Tobias Ellwood’s home attacked after he allegedly ran over cat

Police called after MP’s Dorset home targeted with eggs and windows smashed with croquet mallet

The Independent UK

Johnson pledges £55bn more defence cash for 2020s amid Russia threat

The PM committed Britain to increasing spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade and urged Nato allies to boost their own military budgets.

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Will Boris Johnson resign after double by-election disaster?

PM facing renewed pressure to step down after Tory thrashings in West Yorkshire and Devon and resignation of party chairman Oliver Dowden

Daily Mirror

Top Tory calls striking rail workers 'Putin's friend' in bizarre rant

Tobias Ellwood made the baffling suggestion that workers striking over pay were distracting Boris Johnson's government from Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine

The National (Scotland)

Senior Tory MP tells unions 'don't be Putin's friend' by 'distracting' UK with strikes

A SENIOR Tory MP has suggested that railway strikes are helping Putin because they’re “distracting” from efforts to help Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

7 ways Tory rebels can't agree what they want - and that's bad for Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson will be relieved the 148 Tories who voted no confidence in him aren't all plotting as one group. But the fact they can't agree means he can't please them all at once - and a solution for one group will only enrage another

The Independent UK

Will Boris Johnson resign?

PM facing renewed pressure to step down even after winning vote of no confidence

Daily Mirror

Tory rebels vow to continue bid to oust Boris Johnson 'until he's gone'

Moments of high danger ahead for Boris Johnson include the Wakefield and Tiverton by-elections which the Tories are expected to lose. The PM also faces a damaging Commons investigation

Daily Mirror

Tory MP who voted to oust Boris Johnson says 'this is not over' after confidence vote

Philip Dunne said he voted for 'a new vision for the party and a new degree of competence at the heart of government'. Tobias Ellwood, who called on the PM to quit, called the vote a 'stay of execution'

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