
A bookmaking company offers odds on the next leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister on College Green, Westminster
(Picture: PA)Like a 1,500 metre runner, Penny Mordaunt closed in on Tory race leader Rishi Sunak on the second lap to get within striking distance.
Crucially, she kept her early ”March of Mordaunt” momentum going in the contest to succeed Boris Johnson, also stretching her lead over Liz Truss.