The Latest Breaking News from Penny Mordaunt

Hester row and Anderson defection have left Sunak weaker than ever

Even centrist Tories are questioning if the PM can last until autumn after twin blows of donor scandal and rightwinger’s move to Reform

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Rishi Sunak will lead Tories into election, Mark Harper says

Cabinet minister urges backbenchers to have confidence in party leadership amid reports of plot to remove PM

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

‘Our chances? Zero – and getting worse’: inside a Tory death spiral

Frank Hester, Lee Anderson, an unpopular budget … as the catalogue of Conservative disasters piles up, discipline seems to be breaking down, and any hope of election victory fading

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024

Commons speaker apologises after Gaza ceasefire debate descends into chaos

Government boycotts precedent-breaking vote that saved Labour mutiny, leaving Tory and SNP MPs to aim fury at Lindsay Hoyle

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024

Sir Lindsay Hoyle vowed to restore calm but now faces Brexit-like chaos

Questions about speaker’s future after he causes uproar by breaking convention over Gaza motion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024

Ministerial code completely inadequate, civil servants’ unions tell MPs

Unions says there is ‘zero confidence’ in process of raising complaints about ministers, citing Dominic Raab case

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2024

Is Rishi Sunak facing a potential leadership contest and who could replace him? Tory MPs call for PM to quit

A former Tory minister reportedly reveals more discontent about the embattled PM’s leadership, raising the spectre of a future no-confidence vote

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024

OPINION - Reality check for Penny Mordaunt: the Conservative leadership is not for you

The election has yet to be fought, let alone lost, but already the Tory would-be leaders are circling Rishi Sunak. And among the most energetic on the circuit is Penny Mordaunt. The other day, she was having a go at the SNP at the Caledonian Club; it’s always useful to…

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2024

11 Cabinet ministers could lose their seats in upcoming election, according to Tory poll

A YouGov survey has predicted that several senior ministers are on track to lose their seats to Labour, Lib Dems and the SNP

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

Rishi Sunak must now compensate infected blood scandal victims, politicians demand

After the prime minister acted to help hundreds of postmasters wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office, he has been told to roll out compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2024