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hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, political correspondent at the guardian, and former trade minister lord digbyjones. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the telegraph leads on penny mordaunt pushing liz truss into third place in the conservative leadership race. so does the i, which says the trade minister is rattling her rivals. the times predicts she may even be the ultimate victor of the contest, with her grassroots popularity outstripping rishi sunak s. meanwhile, the mail says the tory right was under pressure to get behind third place candidate liz truss. the sun focuses on the narrowing race with the headline the six factor . the mirror has a different spin by accusing the candidates of ignoring the cost of living crisis, claiming people are using washing up liquid to clean their hair. meanwhile, the ft says inflation in the us is piling the pressure on the federal reserve, and he