Tory MPs will vote again on Tuesday in the Conservative leadership bid, as the race for second place intensifies after Tom Tugendhat was knocked out. Rishi Sunak remained the front runner with 115 votes, while Mr Tugendhat received just 31 votes from Conservative MPs in the third ballot. Penny Mordaunt, who last week created a significant lead over Liz Truss, saw a dip in the vote share as she received 82 votes to foreign secretary’s 71, while Kemi Badenoch was at the bottom of the race with 58 votes. Mr Tugendhat had not yet said publicly which camp he might throw his support behind, but Ms Mordaunt made an early effort to court his backing – tweeting that she had “admired” him for years. Meanwhile, Sky News was forced to cancel the third and final televised debate, after frontrunners Mr Sunak and Ms Truss pulled out of the Tuesday evening event amid reports of fears that the previous two debates have inflicted “incredible” damage on the Conservative Party.
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Tory MPs to vote again as Truss, Mordaunt and Badenoch
Tory MPs will vote again today in the Conservative leadership contest, as the race for second place intensifies with Rishi Sunak’s place in the final two looking largely secure. Penny Mordaunt, who last week created a significant lead over Liz Truss, now faces a difficult two days as she tries to boost her support among MPs after dropping a vote in the third ballot on Monday evening. Despite signs of slowed momentum, Ms Mordaunt was still able to fend off a challenge by Ms Truss, receiving 82 votes to the foreign secretary’s 71 in the latest ballot. The vote left Kemi Badenoch the remaining candidate with the lowest share of the vote after backbencher Tom Tugendhat was eliminated. Namita Singh19 July 2022 04:59 1658196000
Boris Johnson claims he has delivered on ‘every single promise’ as he’s cheered on by Tory MPs
Boris Johnson claimed he had “delivered on every single promise” as he defended his record at No 10 and persuaded Conservatives to back the government in Monday’s confidence vote. The outgoing PM attempted to polish his legacy by telling the Commons he had led “one of the most dynamic governments of modern times”, which had overcome “adversity on a scale we haven’t seen for centuries”. Cheered on by Tory MPs, Mr Johnson said his party would soon “coalesce in loyalty” around a new leader – but also hinted that he would soon speak out against the Tory rebels who had kicked him out of office. “We got Brexit done, and the rejoiners and revengers were left plotting and planning and biding their time,” he said, before adding: “And I will have more to say about the events of the last few weeks and months in due course.” The PM pointed to his 2019 general election victory over Labour, saying the Tories had “sent the great blue ferret so far up their left trouser leg they couldn’t move”, adding: “We won seats they never dreamed of losing.”
Boris Johnson claims he has delivered on ‘every single promise’
Keir Starmer accuses ‘vengeful squatter’ at No 10 of being ‘delusional’ ahead of historic confidence vote Liam James19 July 2022 03:00 1658192400
Boris Johnson has left Conservatives in ‘deep s***’, former donor warns
Tory MPs voting for a new leader do not understand what “deep s***” Boris Johnson has left the party in, a former major Conservative donor has warned (Andrew Woodcock writes). Hedge fund billionaire John Armitage blasted all of the contenders to succeed Mr Johnson as “slick and superficial” apart from Kemi Badenoch, who he said was “really top class”. But he said he would wait to see how any new leader performed as prime minister before deciding whether to resume donations, which have totalled around £3m in recent years, including £500,000 under Mr Johnson. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s World at One, he warned that voters would not accept a new leader continuing with Mr Johnson’s “boosterism” in which attractive policies were launched but “nothing happens”. And he denounced the focus of the Tory leadership hopefuls – with the exception of Rishi Sunak – on offering tax cuts.
Boris Johnson has left Conservatives in ‘deep s***’, former donor warns
Hedge fund billionaire blasts ‘slick and superficial’ leadership contenders but praises ‘top-class’ Badenoch Liam James19 July 2022 02:00 1658188800
Tom Tugendhat yet to back a former leadership rival after crashing out of race
Tom Tugendhat, who was on eliminated from the race to replace Boris Johnson on Monday, has not yet said which candidate he will now back. Pitching himself as the candidate to offer a clean start for the Conservative Party, the backbench MP was widely seen to have performed strongly in the campaign and TV debates before being knocked out of the contest in the third ballot of Tory MPs. He received 31 votes – the lowest of the remaining candidates – on Monday. Relying on his record in the Army and his career as a backbencher chairing the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Tugendhat offered himself as a candidate untarnished by the scandals that dogged Mr Johnson and his Government. Mr Tugendhat, who served in the Army Intelligence Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan, also repeatedly mocked his own frequent mentions of his time in the military. Liam James19 July 2022 01:00 1658185200
Tory MPs back Boris Johnson’s government in confidence vote
Conservative MPs have resoundingly backed Boris Johnson’s government in a confidence vote, despite an overwhelming party rebellion which saw him resign as prime minister earlier this month (Adam Forrest writes). Some 349 MPs voted to shore up Mr Johnson’s administration for the interim period before a new Tory leader is chosen, with 238 largely opposition MPs voting in favour of bringing down the government. Monday evening’s historic vote came amid renewed Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP for the prime minister to step down immediately and hand over to a caretaker. If the government had been defeated it would have almost certainly triggered a general election. But a Tory rebellion appeared unlikely, given the party remains leaderless and in no fit state to go to the polls. The wave of Tory anger at Mr Johnson from earlier in July has largely subsided, as the party’s MPs squabble over Mr Johnson’s successor.
Tory MPs back Boris Johnson’s government in confidence vote
PM cheered by Tories as he sets out legacy – but Starmer insists he is being ‘forced out in disgrace’ Liam James19 July 2022 00:00 1658182735
Raab says Labour has ‘no cajones’
Dominic Raab criticised Labour for having no “cajones”, citing Sir Keir Starmer’s words that the motion would not lead straight to a general election. The deputy prime minister quoted the Labour leader, who told the Commons earlier in the debate: “I know there has been fear-mongering that this motion might lead straight to a general election. Sadly, that is complete nonsense.” Mr Raab said: “It must be the first time in history that the leader of an opposition has pushed for a vote of no confidence, but hasn’t come out and called for a general election. “That’s the Labour Party under the right honourable gentleman. All critique, no cajones.” Liam James18 July 2022 23:18 1658179703
Watch: Boris Johnson’s government wins confidence with 349 votes
From the Commons a few minutes back: Tory leadership: Boris Johnson’s government wins confidence with 349 votes Liam James18 July 2022 22:28 1658179060
No confidence vote result
MPs have supported a confidence motion in Boris Johnson’s government by 349 votes to 238, majority 111. Katy Clifton18 July 2022 22:17 1658178023
Labour MP sends Rishi running
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq shared an amusing – unverified – anecdote from the House of Commons shortly after Rishi Sunak won the third round of the Conservative leadership contest. “Just bumped into Rishi in Parliament and asked if he wanted a selfie and an endorsement from me. He ran away SO quickly,” she tweeted. Ms Siddiq is shadow chief economic secretary to the Treasury. Liam James18 July 2022 22:00 1658177663
Mordaunt shares hometown pride campaign video after coming second in third round
Penny Mordaunt has released a new video playing on her Portsmouth heritage. The erstwhile bookies’ favourite to be the next prime minister said she had lived in the naval city her whole life “It’s a military city with a proud history. It’s patriotic, it’s passionate about football, it likes a pie and a pint and quite frankly, so do I,” she said. It’s a slick video that was likely prepared in advance but its release minutes after Tom Tugendhat’s exit from the race suggest Ms Mordaunt aims to bolster her standing as the best candidate for Britain’s military, a strong pull factor for the Tory members who will decide between the final two candidates. Remember that Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, was the favourite among Tory members before he declined to stand. Liam James18 July 2022 21:54
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Tory MPs will vote again on Tuesday in the Conservative leadership bid, as the race for second place intensifies after Tom Tugendhat was knocked out. Rishi Sunak remained the front runner with 115 votes, while Mr Tugendhat received just 31 votes from Conservative MPs in the third ballot. Penny Mordaunt, who last week created a significant lead over Liz Truss, saw a dip in the vote share as she received 82 votes to foreign secretary’s 71, while Kemi Badenoch was at the bottom of the race with 58 votes. Mr Tugendhat had not yet said publicly which camp he might throw his support behind, but Ms Mordaunt made an early effort to court his backing – tweeting that she had “admired” him for years. Meanwhile, Sky News was forced to cancel the third and final televised debate, after frontrunners Mr Sunak and Ms Truss pulled out of the Tuesday evening event amid reports of fears that the previous two debates have inflicted “incredible” damage on the Conservative Party.
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‘Vicious cycle’ forces children and teenagers into crisis after fuding for early support slashed
Huge cuts in funding for early support for children have created a “vicious cycle”, with thousands more young people going into care and needing crisis help, according to a new report backed by some of the UK’s biggest children’s charities. As Sure Start centres, youth clubs and family support services for substance abuse have shut down, children and teenagers told the report’s authors they felt they had to “get hurt or harm someone” before they could get help. And the report found that the poorest areas of the country have been hit hardest as spending on early intervention services was halved by councils in England from £3.8bn to £1.9bn between 2010-11 and 2020-21. With a succession of Conservative-led governments slashing central funding to local authorities in England by around 40 per cent over the past 12 years, many town halls have responded by cutting services which they are not required by law to deliver, such as early intervention support for children. Our political editor Andrew Woodcock reports:
‘Vicious cycle’ forces children and teenagers into crisis after funding slashed
Charities call for more government money for youth clubs and family support hubs Namita Singh19 July 2022 05:25 1658203693
Former BBC boss criticises Nadine Dorries for her string of ‘gaffes’
Former head of BBC, Roger Mosey criticised Nadine Dorries for her string of “gaffes” as culture secretary, adding that some of her instincts were “not wrong”. Mr Mosey, who was appointed as the head of BBC in 2003, said Dorries appointment to the position by Boris Johnson was “punishment in itself,” adding that the “substance of her policies was worse”. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has announced a review of the licence fee (PA Wire) He made the remarks during a conversation with Radio Times while speaking about the BBC license fee, the privatisation of Channel 4 and the Online Safety Bill. The Johnson government was particularly torrid for our public service media, and it would be better for us all if the next prime minister takes a more constructive approach. It’s hard to imagine anyone less suitable for the job than Nadine Dorries. Roger Mosey “Her gaffes ranged from confusing rugby union with rugby league, to talking about tennis ‘pitches’ and ‘downstreaming’ movies.” He added: “The substance of her policies was worse… and yet, some of Dorries’s instincts are not wrong.” Namita Singh19 July 2022 05:08 1658203147
Tory MPs to vote again as Truss, Mordaunt and Badenoch
Tory MPs will vote again today in the Conservative leadership contest, as the race for second place intensifies with Rishi Sunak’s place in the final two looking largely secure. Penny Mordaunt, who last week created a significant lead over Liz Truss, now faces a difficult two days as she tries to boost her support among MPs after dropping a vote in the third ballot on Monday evening. Despite signs of slowed momentum, Ms Mordaunt was still able to fend off a challenge by Ms Truss, receiving 82 votes to the foreign secretary’s 71 in the latest ballot. The vote left Kemi Badenoch the remaining candidate with the lowest share of the vote after backbencher Tom Tugendhat was eliminated. Namita Singh19 July 2022 04:59 1658196000
Boris Johnson claims he has delivered on ‘every single promise’ as he’s cheered on by Tory MPs
Boris Johnson claimed he had “delivered on every single promise” as he defended his record at No 10 and persuaded Conservatives to back the government in Monday’s confidence vote. The outgoing PM attempted to polish his legacy by telling the Commons he had led “one of the most dynamic governments of modern times”, which had overcome “adversity on a scale we haven’t seen for centuries”. Cheered on by Tory MPs, Mr Johnson said his party would soon “coalesce in loyalty” around a new leader – but also hinted that he would soon speak out against the Tory rebels who had kicked him out of office. “We got Brexit done, and the rejoiners and revengers were left plotting and planning and biding their time,” he said, before adding: “And I will have more to say about the events of the last few weeks and months in due course.” The PM pointed to his 2019 general election victory over Labour, saying the Tories had “sent the great blue ferret so far up their left trouser leg they couldn’t move”, adding: “We won seats they never dreamed of losing.”
Boris Johnson claims he has delivered on ‘every single promise’
Keir Starmer accuses ‘vengeful squatter’ at No 10 of being ‘delusional’ ahead of historic confidence vote Liam James19 July 2022 03:00 1658192400
Boris Johnson has left Conservatives in ‘deep s***’, former donor warns
Tory MPs voting for a new leader do not understand what “deep s***” Boris Johnson has left the party in, a former major Conservative donor has warned (Andrew Woodcock writes). Hedge fund billionaire John Armitage blasted all of the contenders to succeed Mr Johnson as “slick and superficial” apart from Kemi Badenoch, who he said was “really top class”. But he said he would wait to see how any new leader performed as prime minister before deciding whether to resume donations, which have totalled around £3m in recent years, including £500,000 under Mr Johnson. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s World at One, he warned that voters would not accept a new leader continuing with Mr Johnson’s “boosterism” in which attractive policies were launched but “nothing happens”. And he denounced the focus of the Tory leadership hopefuls – with the exception of Rishi Sunak – on offering tax cuts.
Boris Johnson has left Conservatives in ‘deep s***’, former donor warns
Hedge fund billionaire blasts ‘slick and superficial’ leadership contenders but praises ‘top-class’ Badenoch Liam James19 July 2022 02:00 1658188800
Tom Tugendhat yet to back a former leadership rival after crashing out of race
Tom Tugendhat, who was on eliminated from the race to replace Boris Johnson on Monday, has not yet said which candidate he will now back. Pitching himself as the candidate to offer a clean start for the Conservative Party, the backbench MP was widely seen to have performed strongly in the campaign and TV debates before being knocked out of the contest in the third ballot of Tory MPs. He received 31 votes – the lowest of the remaining candidates – on Monday. Relying on his record in the Army and his career as a backbencher chairing the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr Tugendhat offered himself as a candidate untarnished by the scandals that dogged Mr Johnson and his Government. Mr Tugendhat, who served in the Army Intelligence Corps in Iraq and Afghanistan, also repeatedly mocked his own frequent mentions of his time in the military. Liam James19 July 2022 01:00 1658185200
Tory MPs back Boris Johnson’s government in confidence vote
Conservative MPs have resoundingly backed Boris Johnson’s government in a confidence vote, despite an overwhelming party rebellion which saw him resign as prime minister earlier this month (Adam Forrest writes). Some 349 MPs voted to shore up Mr Johnson’s administration for the interim period before a new Tory leader is chosen, with 238 largely opposition MPs voting in favour of bringing down the government. Monday evening’s historic vote came amid renewed Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP for the prime minister to step down immediately and hand over to a caretaker. If the government had been defeated it would have almost certainly triggered a general election. But a Tory rebellion appeared unlikely, given the party remains leaderless and in no fit state to go to the polls. The wave of Tory anger at Mr Johnson from earlier in July has largely subsided, as the party’s MPs squabble over Mr Johnson’s successor.
Tory MPs back Boris Johnson’s government in confidence vote
PM cheered by Tories as he sets out legacy – but Starmer insists he is being ‘forced out in disgrace’ Liam James19 July 2022 00:00 1658182735
Raab says Labour has ‘no cajones’
Dominic Raab criticised Labour for having no “cajones”, citing Sir Keir Starmer’s words that the motion would not lead straight to a general election. The deputy prime minister quoted the Labour leader, who told the Commons earlier in the debate: “I know there has been fear-mongering that this motion might lead straight to a general election. Sadly, that is complete nonsense.” Mr Raab said: “It must be the first time in history that the leader of an opposition has pushed for a vote of no confidence, but hasn’t come out and called for a general election. “That’s the Labour Party under the right honourable gentleman. All critique, no cajones.” Liam James18 July 2022 23:18 1658179703
