The Latest Breaking News from Penny Mordaunt

A second round of voting among Conservative MPs has whittled the candidates in the running to replace Boris Johnson as leader down to five. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, finished top with the votes of 101 Tory MPs, Penny Mordaunt, the international trade secretary, was second with 81, and the…

Like many in the last week, I’ve been scrambling around looking for the real Penny Mordaunt. Not the Penny Mordaunt this surprise leading contender wants to present to us, but the woman she may want to hide.

The ‘gallant lady’ with a sailor’s humour could bring saltiness to the race to replace Johnson

There’s a great river of molten horror approaching. What better time for a nice, long, frenzied leadership contest, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt and Tom Tugendhat all made it through to the third round of voting.

Social media savvy ‘human hand grenade’ seen as continuity candidate and faces uphill battle to displace favourites Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt

Minister for trade policy said she polls highest in Red Wall and Blue Wall seats

Brexit is not the dividing line it was, but members spooked by the byelection loss nearby have divergent visions of the party’s future

The Foreign Secretary is bidding to consolidate and increase support from the right of the Tory party in the face of a surge by Penny Mordaunt.

The five candidates face off in a televised Channel 4 debate

All five remaining frontrunners have outlined plans to cut taxes in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. That spells bad news for austerity-battered public services - and that's before we get onto human rights and the environment...