and chief business commentator for the independent, james moore. the conservative leadership contest features heavily in many of the papers. all five remaining candidates have articles in the sunday telegraph — though the paper leads with rishi sunak�*s promise to review all eu law still in force in the uk. the sunday express goes with the same story, calling it a pledge to "torch eu red tape". it's a similar story in the independent, which says sunak is trying to appeal to brexit supporters in the conservative party. the observer reports that cop 26 president alok sharma may quit his cabinetjob if the new tory leader dumps the plan for net zero. the sunday times splashes on fresh claims about penny mordaunt�*s views on trans rights. the mail on sunday has the same lead, claiming leaked documents show she once supported people being able to choose their own gender. the sunday mirror reports that boris johnson

was absent from today's cobra meeting discussing the heatwave. so let's begin. the heatwave, it is on the front of the sunday times, warning of chaos looming as we approach the big a0. and a warning from network rail not to travel on monday and tuesday. don't forget, this is the southern half of the uk, so i'm sure anybody watching this programme further north is probably sitting thinking is lovely and hoping the sun will come out tomorrow. it is a crisis, we have never had an emergency to declare the because of the sea in the country, yes, we have had hot summers in the past, notably 1976, but this is serious, this is a0 degrees, we are not used to it, our

infrastructure, our homes, ourjobs, our methods of getting around are not geared to it. we have to take it seriously. it is notjust for human beings and the fact our bodies can't cope with this, particularly if you doing any physical exertion, it is all the other things, like we haven't got schools and hospitals and houses geared to these sort of temperatures. but it is also the effect that this sort of way there has on food. we already have a cost of living crisis. that is going to get worse if we have food shortages and you only have to look at the parched gardens and parched fields and the wilting flowers and every thing else to think, oh, what are the animals eating? there isn't any grass for them. farmers have to buy hey, it puts the price up for the cost of living for other things. it all comes back to us. we have to

take this seriously. i know there are some people who say don't be so silly, it's the nanny state, but look what is happening in the mediterranean. it is time we took this seriously and if we don't there is going to be more of this over the years to come. we is going to be more of this over the years to come-— is going to be more of this over the years to come. we have been talking on bbc news — years to come. we have been talking on bbc news for _ years to come. we have been talking on bbc news for the _ years to come. we have been talking on bbc news for the past _ years to come. we have been talking on bbc news for the past few - years to come. we have been talking on bbc news for the past few days . on bbc news for the past few days with people who are very much reiterating whatjoe has sailed. we are going to see more of this and we have to be aware and prepared. maybe this will be a wake—up call. hopefully it will. i agree, this is different — hopefully it will. i agree, this is different. this isn'tjust a tabloid what _ different. this isn'tjust a tabloid what a _ different. this isn'tjust a tabloid what a scorcher day when you get a bit of _ what a scorcher day when you get a bit of unseasonable warmth in me and everyone _ bit of unseasonable warmth in me and everyone goes to the beach and everyone — everyone goes to the beach and everyone says isn't that nice? this is nasty— everyone says isn't that nice? this is nasty heat. this is killer heat.

the sort — is nasty heat. this is killer heat. the sort of— is nasty heat. this is killer heat. the sort of heat that can mess people — the sort of heat that can mess people up. i am a type one diabetic and i_ people up. i am a type one diabetic and i will_ people up. i am a type one diabetic and i will be — people up. i am a type one diabetic and i will be a human pincushion over— and i will be a human pincushion over the — and i will be a human pincushion over the next couple of days because it affects _ over the next couple of days because it affects the way i have to inject insulin _ it affects the way i have to inject insulin and — it affects the way i have to inject insulin and it means it does get into your— insulin and it means it does get into your blood quicker so it can heighten— into your blood quicker so it can heighten the risk of a hypo. i am used _ heighten the risk of a hypo. i am used to— heighten the risk of a hypo. i am used to my— heighten the risk of a hypo. i am used to my blood sugar levels moving around _ used to my blood sugar levels moving around more than usual in this weather — around more than usual in this weather i_ around more than usual in this weather. i can deal with it, ijust prick— weather. i can deal with it, ijust prick my— weather. i can deal with it, ijust prick my finger a lot, but there will be — prick my finger a lot, but there will be a — prick my finger a lot, but there will be a lot of people not able to deal wilh— will be a lot of people not able to deal with it. it is serious, we need to lake _ deal with it. it is serious, we need to take it— deal with it. it is serious, we need to take it very seriously, and start thinking _ to take it very seriously, and start thinking about climate change because — thinking about climate change because that is what causes this. | because that is what causes this. i am because that is what causes this. am sure it because that is what causes this. i am sure it will focus their minds. we will have to get through the next few days as best we can. let's move to the leadership race, dominating most of the front pages. the sunday telegraph, a picture of liz truss, one of the top three polling right

now, saying she will put an end to stalinist housing targets. what do you make of her interview and messaging? i you make of her interview and messaging?— you make of her interview and messauuin? ., , ., ., .,, messaging? i love the photograph where she is _ messaging? i love the photograph where she is obviously _ messaging? i love the photograph| where she is obviously channelling herinner where she is obviously channelling her inner margaret thatcher with her blouse and ball. —— bow. all five of them have done pieces for papers. they are not talking about climate change, they are talking about the eu, breaks it. this is liz truss talking about the stalinist housing targets, which are housing targets imposed by the government that, as james said previously, she has been part of for many years. it seems rather bonkers that they are all going out to set this clean slate and things, seeming to forget that their party has been in government

for the last 12 years. she talks about wanting to build more houses but she also is talking about lifting fracking bans. some of these things will not go down terribly well with conservative voters. i wonder who they are pitching to because it seems to be a very narrow group of people who are locked in warrants of the past over brexit and house—building and immigration, that we have been around houses, if you'll pardon the pun, on these many times, but they are not offering something new. she has to make up ground, she didn't do very well in the debate last night, she came across as very wooden, which is surprising given she as foreign secretary, experienced senior minister, but she didn't do particularly brilliantly. the next vote for mps is on monday and then

another on tuesday and then it will go out by the end of the week with the remaining two to the conservative members to choose the next prime minister. lets conservative members to choose the next prime minister.— next prime minister. lets look at the observer. — next prime minister. lets look at the observer, james _ next prime minister. lets look at the observer, james was - next prime minister. lets look at the observer, james was just - next prime minister. lets look at. the observer, james wasjust saying the observer, james was just saying they have to look at climate change and take that seriously, and the headline says as he europe burns, climate chief warns i may quit if new pm dumps net zero plan. find climate chief warns i may quit if new pm dumps net zero plan. and good for alex sharma _ new pm dumps net zero plan. and good for alex sharma for _ new pm dumps net zero plan. and good for alex sharma for showing _ new pm dumps net zero plan. and good for alex sharma for showing the - for alex sharma for showing the principles — for alex sharma for showing the principles aren't dead in politics. -- alloc— principles aren't dead in politics. —— alloc sharma. he still holds cabinet rank in the cabinet — he still holds cabinet rank in the cabinet office and he says he is not very happy— cabinet office and he says he is not very happy with some of the rhetoric _ very happy with some of the rhetoric. we have heard backsliding

on the _ rhetoric. we have heard backsliding on the climate pledge, people saying they are _ on the climate pledge, people saying they are sceptical about net zero and green — they are sceptical about net zero and green targets. it is an appeal to the _ and green targets. it is an appeal to the right, it is very backwards -looi

services, data and clinical trials. i mean, there are 2500 outstanding laws and regulations that we now control since we left the eu. but rishi sunak says he will go further and faster but you wonder why hasn't this been done before? we seem to have been dithering around and toying with the idea of going back £2, shillings and pence. pounds and ounces and things. we have had an awful lot of time to work out what it is they want to get rid of. ok, we had a pandemic which focused minds on other things but they could have been doing this all the time. again, ithink have been doing this all the time. again, i think what have you been doing? but he is again, as i say, interestingly this same story is on the front of the independent. i

don't know if you have in front of you but there are two people, rishi sunak and the mayor of tees valley, pointing in different directions, which i think tells you what you need to know about this leadership race. that is the question, which way are they pointing? also on the front of the sunday express, rishi sunak to scrap red getting legislation through parliament isn't easy or quick so is there any basis in this promise? h0. easy or quick so is there any basis in this promise?— in this promise? no, it is ridiculous. _ in this promise? no, it is ridiculous. he _ in this promise? no, it is ridiculous. he is - in this promise? no, it is ridiculous. he is the - in this promise? no, it is- ridiculous. he is the chancellor of the exchequer and has responsibility for their— the exchequer and has responsibility for their he — the exchequer and has responsibility for their he has city minister on his team — for their he has city minister on his team. you can'tjust for their he has city minister on his team. you can't just tear up regulations— his team. you can't just tear up regulations and expect them to go. businesses want consistent and sensible — businesses want consistent and sensible regulation. just saying you will wrap _ sensible regulation. just saying you will wrap everything up, if it was

the easy— will wrap everything up, if it was the easy they would have done it the day after _ the easy they would have done it the day after brexit. they haven't managed _ day after brexit. they haven't managed to do it so it shows this is enrptv_ managed to do it so it shows this is empty rhetoric. it is an appeal to the right— empty rhetoric. it is an appeal to the right wing of the party. rishi sunak— the right wing of the party. rishi sunak wants to shore up his base because — sunak wants to shore up his base because he — sunak wants to shore up his base because he is looking pretty nailed on to— because he is looking pretty nailed on to get— because he is looking pretty nailed on to get to the final two but it is emptv_ on to get to the final two but it is empty rhetoric. you want to look at a report _ empty rhetoric. you want to look at a report card — empty rhetoric. you want to look at a report card and say must try harder — a report card and say must try harder. someone who is aspiring to be the _ harder. someone who is aspiring to be the prime minister. to businesses tell ou it be the prime minister. to businesses tell you it is — be the prime minister. to businesses tell you it is something _ be the prime minister. to businesses tell you it is something they - be the prime minister. to businesses tell you it is something they want? i tell you it is something they want? they want consistent and sensible regulation. you know, with employment regulation for example, there is— employment regulation for example, there is this idea that they would like all— there is this idea that they would like all the eu rules we had, and we didn't— like all the eu rules we had, and we didn't have — like all the eu rules we had, and we didn't have all of them in place anyway, — didn't have all of them in place anyway, scrapped immediately. the cbi actually said they don't won a

race to _ cbi actually said they don't won a race to the — cbi actually said they don't won a race to the bottom, they don't think it is the _ race to the bottom, they don't think it is the way— race to the bottom, they don't think it is the way to go. you will hear that— it is the way to go. you will hear that a _ it is the way to go. you will hear that a lot — it is the way to go. you will hear that a lot. there is a divide between _ that a lot. there is a divide between what businesses have been saying _ between what businesses have been saying and _ between what businesses have been saying and what the government has been saying and there seems to be a disconnect— been saying and there seems to be a disconnect between the two. certainly from what i have heard recently — certainly from what i have heard recently. and from what the cbi said, _ recently. and from what the cbi said. a — recently. and from what the cbi said, a speech was given on tax, and what _ said, a speech was given on tax, and what they— said, a speech was given on tax, and what they would like is measures to encourage _ what they would like is measures to encourage business investment where we have _ encourage business investment where we have been really weak. none of these _ we have been really weak. none of these candidates have said a word about— these candidates have said a word about that, and that is really important. you grow the economy by investing _ important. you grow the economy by investing in _ important. you grow the economy by investing in business and encouraging it. successful economies around _ encouraging it. successful economies around the _ encouraging it. successful economies around the world to do that, we don't. _ around the world to do that, we don't. and — around the world to do that, we don't, and not one of these candidates has mentioned it at all. let's _ candidates has mentioned it at all. let's look— candidates has mentioned it at all. let's look at another candidate. the mail on sunday says a leak shows that penny mordaunt backed gender self id. explain this story.— self id. explain this story. penny mordaunt. _ self id. explain this story. penny mordaunt, who _ self id. explain this story. penny mordaunt, who has _ self id. explain this story. penny mordaunt, who has come - self id. explain this story. penny mordaunt, who has come in - self id. explain this story. penny mordaunt, who has come in a i self id. explain this story. penny. mordaunt, who has come in a sort self id. explain this story. penny - mordaunt, who has come in a sort of the dark horse outsider and certainly has been top of the

conservative grassroots polling consistently, and it has put the wind up the others and obviously there is this sort of lets stop penny mordaunt campaign. you can see this by the leaking this story. just to put into context, she was the equalities minister at the same time she was defence secretary, 2019, 2020. and these leaked papers that were drawn up by civil servants further government equalities office, it was about possibly changing the rules on gender recognition because the way it is at the moment, if you want to legally transition you have to have two medical reports, add diagnosis on whether you have gender dysphoria and another one detailing what medical treatment has been received or not. the idea was to do you

medical eyes —— woke this. some people say that is going down the route of gender self id, and some people say it is only removing one thing. in response to this, it says it actually was a discussion. the government equalities office trying to find ways of selling the proposals. so this is why penny marden is being accused of being in favour of self id. we have just heard james say clearly articulating what businesses want to hear. we have alok sharma threatening to resign, and this tory leadership campaign is about whether somebody

is too woke to be the leader, because that is what many people think about transgender issues, or whether we can fight the battles of brexit again. it is a very dismal prospect for a conservative members who have to vote. [30 prospect for a conservative members who have to vote.— who have to vote. do you think this issue around _ who have to vote. do you think this issue around transgender _ who have to vote. do you think this issue around transgender and - issue around transgender and identification is something that will play to those, the 2000 or so tory voters who will decide on the new leader and prime minister? it is clear there has _ new leader and prime minister? it is clear there has been a leak here and it is clear— clear there has been a leak here and it is clear that one or the other of the candidates opposed to penny martin— the candidates opposed to penny martin think this might be a way to -et martin think this might be a way to get her _ martin think this might be a way to get her it— martin think this might be a way to get her. it is being used as a wage issue _ get her. it is being used as a wage issue -- _ get her. it is being used as a wage issue —— wedge issue. it is very

toxic. _ issue —— wedge issue. it is very toxic. is — issue —— wedge issue. it is very toxic. is not _ issue —— wedge issue. it is very toxic, is not something that should be used _ toxic, is not something that should be used in —