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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Boris Johnson removes whip – and leadership vote – from Penny Mordaunt backer

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Boris Johnson has stripped the Tory party whip, and the right to vote in the leadership election, from Penny Mordaunt-backing MP Tobias Ellwood after he failed to support the Government in the confidence vote.

Nadine Dorries, the Culture Secretary and arch ally of the Prime Minister, angrily denied suggestions Mr Johnson was working to boost Liz Truss’s campaign for No 10.

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