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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

Penny Mordaunt suggests colleagues should not take funds from Tory donor

Penny Mordaunt
Penny Mordaunt in the House of Commons. Photograph: PRU/AFP/Getty Images

The senior Tory minister Penny Mordaunt has suggested her colleagues should stop taking funds from Alexander Temerko, a major party donor who described her as an “absolutely uncontrollable woman” and “threat to national security”.

Mordaunt, a trade minister, said she had no issue with colleagues who have historically accepted money from Temerko but said everyone should be aware now how he has treated her.

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