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The Latest Breaking News from Penny Mordaunt

Tory leadership race: MPs whittle candidates down from eight to six

The Prime Minister is set to step down on September 6.

Chronicle Live

Forget the ‘natural party of government’: these Tories are headless chickens

The leadership election is revealing a party that has no time for anything as boring as self-reflection, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership race: Who is still in the contest to be the next prime minister?

The first round of voting has taken place to decide who replaces Boris Johnson as the next Tory leader and prime minister

Evening Standard

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Tory leadership: All the MPs still in the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader

Contest to succeed prime minister described by one Conservative politician as the ‘wacky races’

The Independent UK

Who Bristol region's Tory MPs are supporting for next PM in leadership contest

They are supporting a variety of candidates

Bristol Post

Tory leadership race eliminates Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi

The race is now down to the six candidates who secured 30 votes

Wales Online

Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt dumped from Tory leadership contest

The race for the Tory leadership, and the keys to No 10, tightened to six candidates on Wednesday.

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Rishi Sunak wins first Tory leadership ballot but Penny Mordaunt has momentum

Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi are knocked out of race in first ballot of Tory MPs

The Independent UK

Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full

How many MPs voted for each candidate and who will go through to the next round

The Independent UK

Tory leadership race: Six candidates scramble to lure supporters of defeated Zahawi and Hunt ahead of second vote

The six still in the contest will be further whittled down further after MPs hold a second ballot on Thursday

Evening Standard

Six Tory candidates left in leadership race after first ballot

Two MPs were eliminated from the contest after the first round of voting

Manchester Evening News

Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi eliminated from Tory leadership race after first round of election

Candidates needed the backing for 30 Conservative MPs to get to the next round of the contest which is due to take place on Thursday.

Daily Record

6 Tory leadership candidates through first round with Hunt and Zahawi both out

In an evening of high drama at Westminster, Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt stormed into a strong second place alongside Rishi Sunak - but she could be replaced by Liz Truss on the final ballot if the right unite around her

Daily Mirror

Tory vice-chair resigns to publicly campaign for leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt

Remarks follow YouGov poll showing clear support for minister among Conservative members

The Independent UK

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Only 11 per cent of public can name Penny Mordaunt and some mistake her for Adele, poll finds

A few respondents to the SavantaComRes poll thought the MP was popstar Adele - when asked to name the politician from their photo

The Guardian - UK

Culture warrior Kemi Badenoch is already a winner with Tory right

Former minister surfing anti-‘woke’ wave is unlikely to become PM but should land plum cabinet role

Evening Standard

Mordmentum: Penny leads every candidate in Tory run-off

What does the Conservative membership want? Tax cuts? A war on woke? If the results of today’s YouGov survey are anything to go by, the answer is straightforward: Penny Mordaunt.

The Guardian - UK

How Tory hopefuls snapped up campaign web addresses well before Boris Johnson quit

Rishi Sunak denies registering Readyforrishi.com in December, months before launch of campaign

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The Independent UK

Public still ‘unfamiliar’ with most Tory leadership candidates – poll

An Ipsos survey found some candidates were barely more well known than a fake MP created by the pollster.

Daily Record

MP Kirsten Oswald warns that the Tory leadership candidates are trying to “out-Thatcher Thatcher”

The SNP Westminster deputy leader says: "The only way for Scotland to rid itself of more toxic Tory austerity is by becoming an independent country"

The Independent UK

Penny Mordaunt: The navy reservist sailing ahead in the Tory leadership contest

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

Evening Standard

What are the latest odds for the Conservative leadership candidates?

Everything you need to know about the odds on the Tory leadership hopefuls

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news latest - live: Penny Mordaunt surges into second place as Sunak leads race

Two polls in 24 hours show Conservative Party members back trade minister Ms Mordaunt

Daily Record

Penny Mordaunt favourite among Tory members to be next Prime Minister, poll finds

The former Defence Secretary was the clear favourite among Tory party members.

Reuters

Poll shows Penny Mordaunt would win runoff to become next UK PM

British minister Penny Mordaunt would win a runoff to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister if she makes it to the final two candidates, a poll by Yougov showed on Wednesday.

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