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Several papers report that Liz Truss is making gains in the contest to replace Boris Johnson.

the decision by the chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, Tom Tugendhat, to back her will bolster her claim that she can unite the Conservative Party.

The paper says there is "a marked air of despondency" among the supporters of her rival Rishi Sunak - although his inner circle are still convinced he can win.

on its opinion poll suggesting that, while the two candidates are neck and neck among the wider electorate, Ms Truss is 11% ahead among those who voted Conservative at the last election.

A senior Tory source said Mr Johnson - who has blamed Mr Sunak for triggering his downfall - is almost starting to feel sorry for him.

, Mr Sunak will today make "a desperate attempt to revive his campaign by wading into culture wars".

The paper says he will vow to stop "left-wing agitators" from "bulldozing" British values - whether by pulling down statues, replacing the school curriculum with anti-British propaganda, or re-writing the English language so people can't even use words like "man", "woman" or "mother" without being told they're "offending someone."

On its front page, how Ms Truss intends to govern.

The paper says she plans to give No 10 more control over the economy by increasing the number of her economic advisers to help her challenge what she calls Treasury orthodoxy.

Four allies are expected to act as her economic team.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng could become the chancellor; the chief secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke, could stay in the department; and John Redwood and Jacob Rees-Mogg are expected to be influential.

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Away from the leadership contest, a warning from the CBI business group that thousands of British companies are severing economic ties with China.

It suggests this could add to cost of living pressures.

The group said firms were re-thinking their supply chains because they anticipated a further deterioration in relations between China and the West.

NHS England is to scale back plans to increase cancer testing, in order to fund pay rises for staff.

Writing in the paper, the head of the National Screening Committee, professor Sir Mike Richards, expresses concern that such a move could lead to more cancer cases being missed.

He says it is "right that hard-working NHS staff" are rewarded, but insists that "funding for diagnostic capacity must not be compromised - either now or in the future".

The outcome of what's become known as the Wagatha Christie case features on several front pages.

Rebekah Vardy is devastated to have lost her libel battle with Coleen Rooney.

In a headline, Mrs Vardy's legal bill as: "£3 million payback time".