That's your lot for this evening. Do join us again on Monday for further live page coverage of the latest twists in the Conservative Party leadership contest as it enters a critical phase, with the next round of voting by MPs.

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• Boris Johnson is no longer popular, even in his own party. Less than three years after leading the Conservatives to their biggest general election victory since the 1980s, the five candidates were asked which of them would have him in their Cabinet. In one of the evening's most striking moments, no one raised a hand.

• The three leading contenders - Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt - were not shy about attacking other. The former chancellor accused Truss of peddling "something-for-nothing" economics after she said he was choking off growth by raising taxes to their highest level in 70 years. And after Mordaunt said she would not keep to his rule of only borrowing to invest, he said even former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn did not advocate that.

• After she was criticised for her performance in Friday's debate, Truss quickly went on the offensive, criticising Sunak's record in the Treasury. Sunak said the pandemic had damaged the economy and the public finances had to be rebuilt responsibly. Mordaunt said the limited tax cuts she was calling for were not inflationary and people needed help now with the cost of living.

• For the second debate in a row, there were bad tempered exchanges between Mordaunt and Kemi Badenoch - who has accused her rival of pushing a policy of gender self-identification when she was equalities minister. Mordaunt again denied it and called the focus on the issue "toxic". Badenoch insisted she was telling the truth.

• Truss denied she was running a negative campaign following fierce attacks on Sunak and Mordaunt by some of her supporters. She said she was fighting a positive campaign and could deliver for the party and the country.

• Badenoch said she was the candidate for the future whose honesty could "change things for the better". Tom Tugendhat said a "clean start" was needed to restore confidence in the government and the country; he was ready to serve and ready to lead.

Former safeguarding minister Rachel Maclean says her favoured candidate Kemi Badenoch is the only one who can "break from the past" with a fresh approach that the country needs to tackle the cost of living crisis.

Maclean says Badenoch is right to call for the party to move on from Brexit and to focus on the opportunities it presents.

Nobody knew who Badenoch was, says Maclean, when the contest started. Now, she adds, Tories are really responding to her telling the truth and "shaking up" politics.

Digital Minister Caroline Dinenage, who is backing Penny Mordaunt in the leadership contest, says allegations she has changed her stance on gender ideology are "nonsense".

The MP for Gosport says Baroness Williams, who worked with Mordaunt at the time, agrees "Penny's account of what happened in the equalities department is the correct one".

She added: "I have every reason to believe Baroness Williams as she is an incredibly credible source."

MP Claire Coutinho is backing Rishi Sunak. She says his economic approach is "responsible" and "honest", and would also not stoke inflation.

She says the former chancellor knows the detail and is "credible".

She adds he's protected jobs during the pandemic and had to increase taxes afterwards to protect public services. But now, she says, cuts ion national insurance and business taxes are under way - and an income tax cut will follow.

As supporters rush to the TV cameras to talk up their candidates, armed forces minister James Heappey, who voted for Liz Truss, says she "knows her stuff", has talent, conviction and a "bold" economic plan that will deliver growth evenly around the country.

Cutting taxes will bring people relief and stimulate economic growth, he adds.

She acknowledged she's not the most entertaining or fluent political speaker, but instead says what she means and means what she says.

Tom Tugendhat supporter Aaron Bell, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, tells BBC News candidates spent too much time "squabbling over who said what around the Cabinet table" in tonight's TV debate.

In contrast, Tugendhat's decision to not serve under Johnson had been "vindicated", leaving him as the candidate for "a clean start" says Bell.

He added Tugendhat nonetheless had plenty of experience of political leadership, for example as Foreign Affairs Committee chairman on major issues such as China.

Reacting to tonight's debate, shadow Labour minister Conor McGinn says the candidates seemed "out of touch and out of ideas".

He says: "As the contenders deny their own records in government and squabble over their fantasy economic plans, what families across the country who are really struggling with the cost-of-living crisis need is a fresh start.

"Only a Labour government led by Keir Starmer can offer Britain the fresh start it needs."

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So the second of three TV debates involving the Tory leadership candidates is over. The final one will be shown on Sky on Tuesday.

By then, a third round of voting by Conservative MPs will have taken place - tomorrow. The existing five candidates will be whittled down to four, with the one finishing in fifth place eliminated.

Further rounds of voting by MPs will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, after which the final two will go to the party membership in the country.

Their final decision will be announced on 5 September, and the new leader will replace Boris Johnson as prime minister the following day.

The debate is now over, but in the interests of balance, here is what Kemi Badenoch had to say in her closing statement.

The former minister said she's standing to become PM to create a "strong UK that's confident in itself" for her three children.

She says she wants to build a future that's "confident, bright, strong, secure, with a wealthy economy".

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Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

The key feature of these debates so far has been how willing the candidates are to tear lumps out of each other.

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are regularly going into battle - strongly criticising each others economic plans. If they get into the final two, the next few weeks look likely to be just as heated for the Tories.

Tonight we also saw Kemi Badenoch go for the former chancellor. Tom Tugendhat too was critical of the other candidates for lending credibility to Boris Johnson's government.

This is proving to be a brutal and bloody battle to be prime minister. It might not be easy to heal some of the wounds.

In her closing remarks, Liz Truss says the Tories have only two years - before a general election - to show the public they can deliver.

She says she has shown what she can do on Brexit, trade deals and Ukraine.

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Liz Truss says she isn't the "slickest presenter on the stage" but has a good parliamentary record.

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Calling on his military credentials, Tom Tugendhat says he "ready to serve" and his priority would be rebuilding trust and confidence.

"The real answer is we need a clean start," he says.

In her closing statement, Penny Mordaunt says she wishes the debate had been more about the British people and less about the candidates.

The model for politics is broken, she says, but she can fix it.

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Rishi Sunak finished the debate punchily, saying he's the "only candidate who can take the fight to Labour".

His economic experience, "honesty and determination" set him apart from the rest, he says, claiming "Britain's potential is limitless".

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Cop 26 climate summit president Alok Sharma has threatened to quit the Cabinet if the new Tory leader waters down the government's promise to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050. The contenders are asked where they stand on Net Zero.

Tom Tugendhat says he is committed to it - but more needs to be done on nuclear and carbon capture.

Penny Mordaunt says she is committed to the climate target, but it must not "clobber people".

Kemi Badenoch says she believes in climate change, but Net Zero must not bankrupt the country or make people poorer - it must be sustainable.

Liz Truss says she backs the Net Zero targets, but they need to be taken out of general taxation.

Rishi Sunak also backs the targets but says they need to be met through green energy and by increasing economic growth.

Kemi Badenoch has said it is time to move on from Brexit, and that it's time to take advantage of the opportunities of leaving the EU.

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Every candidate said there is no need for an early general election.

Mordaunt and Tugendhat both cite delivering manifesto commitments.

Badenoch says people are tired of broken promises and need stability.

Truss focuses on delivery and Sunak on prioritising the economy.

Reality Check

Conservative leadership candidate and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has spoken a number of times about the dozens of post-Brexit trade deals she had secured for the UK.

It’s correct that the UK has dozens of deals in place. However the vast majority are "rollover" deals - copying the terms of deals the UK already had when it was an EU member, rather than creating new benefits.

Since leaving the EU, the UK has negotiated two new deals from scratch – with Australia and New Zealand.

The UK has also negotiated several deals that build on existing EU deals, such as the one with Japan.

·What trade deals has the UK done so far?