UK Parliament closes TikTok account after China data warning
Senior MPs had raised data security concerns and had called for the account to be taken down....
Tory leadership ballots delayed over security fears
Conservative members are receiving their voting papers later than planned over security concerns....
Warning winter energy bills to rise by more than expected
Typical energy bills could hit more than £3,600 a year this winter, says analyst Cornwall Insight....
BP sees biggest profit in 14 years as energy bills soar
The firm reported profits of $8.45bn in the second quarter of the year as oil and gas prices jumped....
West Midlands mayor Andy Street backs Liz Truss for prime minister
Ms Truss is committed to “levelling up”, Conservative mayor Andy Street writes in the Telegraph....
Truss says best to ignore attention-seeking Sturgeon
The Tory leadership hopeful also ruled out a second independence referendum....
Tory leadership: Liz Truss backtracks on public worker pay plan
A plan to link public sector pay to location was strongly criticised by Labour and some Conservatives....
Tory leadership: Liz Truss pledges civil service pay shake-up
But Labour described her plans as a “fantasy” which would see pay cuts for those living outside London....
Rishi Sunak vows to take 4p off income tax
But the ex-chancellor’s pledge for the end of the next parliament is criticised as too late by his opponents....
Rishi Sunak pledges NHS no-show fines as Liz Truss vows school reform
Vying for No 10, it is the self-styled “transformational prime minister” versus the “education” PM....