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Fake tan, friendship beads and Bobby J hats: Leadership candidates’ merchandise handed out to win over Tories

News analysis: While freebies and gifts have left Keir Starmer and his new government under scrutiny, Tory leadership candidates have not been able to give merchandise away quickly enough. Here is what it says about each of the four candidates

The Independent UK

What Tory leadership candidates should learn from the mistakes of Boris Johnson – and Silvio Berlusconi

The Conservative party is choosing a new leader, with four candidates still in the running: Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat. Each is pitching to a party in dire need of a new direction and the path ahead is far from clear.

The Conversation

As rumours grow of a stop Badenoch campaign, Tories cannot risk a stitch-up

Whispers at party conference suggest a surprise candidate could join Robert Jenrick in leadership race’s final two

The Guardian - UK

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We want to hear your thoughts on the direction the Conservatives should take to win back voter support—and who should lead the party’s recovery

The Independent UK

Freebies battle breaks out among Tory leadership contenders

The four candidates vying to become Tory leader have been showering party members with an increasingly bizarre selection of branded gifts

Evening Standard

'They won't stop me': Humza Yousaf hits back at 'smears' over family's Gaza escape

HUMZA Yousaf has hit back after a Tory MSP accused him of breaking the ministerial code while trying to help members of his family escape from Gaza.

The National (Scotland)

Tugendhat and Cleverly 'win' Tory conference Day One as Badenoch and Jenrick have 'difficult' starts

Former Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch sparked a row over maternity pay and ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick faced questions over donations

Evening Standard

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Cleverly says it was a mistake for Sunak to say he would ‘stop the boats’ because that was ‘unachievable target’ – as it happened

Former home secretary says the phrase ‘stop the boats’ was ‘an error’ and it was too complicated a problem to distil into a soundbite

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage beats all four Tory leadership contenders in having what it takes to be 'good PM' - new poll

The Reform UK leader ‘looms large’ over the Conservative leadership contest, says Keiran Pedley, Director of Politics at Ipsos

Evening Standard

‘Hugely significant’: Who’s in the race to become UK Conservatives leader?

Four candidates hope to rule over the party trying to recover from historic electoral blow. Who are they?

Al Jazeera

Monday briefing: Battlefield Birmingham as the Conservative leadership race takes shape

In today’s newsletter: Low attendance and an ever lower mood is expected at this week’s Tory conference as Jenrick, Cleverly, Badenoch and Tugendhat jostle for position

The Guardian - UK

More Mr Nice Guy: can affable but gaffe-prone James Cleverly lead the Tories?

Some in the party think it’s time for a unifier, but others wonder whether he has the toughness and vision for the job

The Guardian - UK

What are the four candidates’ pitches to become next Tory leader?

How Jenrick, Badenoch, Cleverly and Tugendhat stand on immigration, the economy and foreign policy

The Guardian - UK

James Cleverly favourite Tory leadership candidate among British public, new poll shows

Polling comes on the first day of Conservative Party’s annual conference, which will see leadership candidates fight for support of members

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The Guardian - UK

Jenrick and Tugendhat call for Tories to cut leadership contest short

Contest ends on 2 November, meaning Rishi Sunak would respond to the budget then step down three days later

Evening Standard

Tory leadership race: James Cleverly can 'speak to all Londoners,' says ex-London minister Paul Scully

Lewisham-born Cleverly was a member of the Greater London Assembly

The Independent UK

Israel should be ‘congratulated’ for Hassan Nasrallah assassination, Kemi Badenoch says

The Tory leadership hopeful said killing of Hezbollah chief would ‘create more peace in the Middle East’

Evening Standard

Conservative leadership candidates lay out immigration plans ahead of conference

Immigration has been one of the much-discussed issues.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Not all cultures equally valid’ when it comes to immigration, says Badenoch

Tory leadership candidate says some arriving in UK ‘hate Israel’ and voiced concern about people bringing ‘ancestral ethnic hostilities’

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after comments on ‘excessive’ maternity pay – as it happened

Conservative leadership contenders Jenrick, Cleverly and Tugendhat reject rival’s comments, while Rosie Duffield criticises Keir Starmer

International Business Times

UK Conservatives Assemble To Find A New Leader And Future Direction

Britain's opposition Conservatives gather for an annual conference on Sunday, licking their wounds from an historic election defeat and locked in battle over the party's future direction.

The Independent UK

Tory grandees warn of ‘monumental’ party rebuild as infighting breaks out on eve of conference

Theresa May and William Hague say Tory leadership contenders need to acknowledge the scale of the defeat in July

The Guardian - UK

‘Like celebrity reality TV where you don’t recognise the celebrities’: senior Tories fear next leader won’t survive long

Conservative grandees at the conference in Birmingham fear that none of the candidates can unite the party’s factions

The Guardian - UK

Tories were too focused on Reform to see Lib Dem threat, Theresa May says

Former PM says leadership candidates must understand that party lost election because it ‘trashed our brand’

The Guardian - UK

New Tory leader must make sure party focuses on its traditional base, says chair

Richard Fuller’s pre-conference remarks echo others who worry candidates have edged right to combat Reform

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