Penny Mordaunt

Karen Lumley has died aged 59

Former Tory MP dies aged 59

Lord President of the Council, Penny Mordaunt, carrying the Sword of State, in the procession through Westminster Abbey ahead of the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in London. Picture: PA

Penny Mordaunt becomes first woman to carry Jewelled Sword of Offering

Lord President of the Council, Penny Mordaunt, holding the Sword of State walking ahead of King Charles III during the coronation. Picture: Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Mordaunt: 'I took painkillers for King Charles III coronation'

Penny Mordaunt holds the Swords of State at the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey, London. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Penny Mordaunt praised for sword-carrying coronation role

Alister Jack, Secretary of State for Scotland, should look at the effectiveness - or lack, thereof - of the Scottish Parliament, says reader (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Let’s get the Scottish Parliament abolished

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for his first Prime Minister's Questions

Rishi Sunak's new cabinet: Who got the top jobs in reshuffle

The chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party said it is time to “focus on the people’s priority” as he insisted incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak is the “right man for the job”.

Rishi Sunak is right man for the top job, says Scottish Tory chairman

Rishi Sunak (centre) meeting with members of the 1922 Committee in the Houses of Parliament, London after it was announced he will become the new leader of the Conservative party after rival Penny Mordaunt dropped out.

Rishi Sunak calls for unity in first speech as PM

Rishi Sunak is the new Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak speech today: What the new Prime Minister had to say

BBC News presenter Martine Croxall has been taken off air amid claims she showed bias after Boris Johnson pulled out of the Tory leadership contest.

BBC News presenter taken off air amid bias claims

Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday he would stand to replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak UK’s new Prime Minister after winning Tory leadership race

Both Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Suank are vying to be the next leader of the Conservative Party

Conservative leadership race: What happens when contest closes today

Rishi Sunak could be declared the next prime minister within hours after Boris Johnson ruled himself out of the race for No 10, with uncertainty over rival Penny Mordaunt’s prospects of securing sufficient support from MPs.

Rishi Sunak could be declared Prime Minister within hours

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Gatwick Airport in London, after travelling on a flight from the Caribbean, following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister. Picture date: Saturday October 22, 2022.

Boris Johnson pulls out of Tory leadership race

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Gatwick Airport in London, after travelling on a flight from the Caribbean, following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson announces he will not run for Tory leadership

Rishi Sunak is currently the favourite to win the leadership contest

Rishi Sunak in the running to become UK’s next prime minister

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson were locked in talks on Saturday evening

Speculation over Johnson-Sunak deal after late night talks

Former Deputy Prime Minister and justice secretary Dominic Raab. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Johnson would be ‘distracted’ by partygate probe if he became PM again - Raab

Boris Johnson (centre) is plotting an extraordinary comeback as prime minister but faces competition from Penny Mordaunt (left) and Rishi Sunak (right)

Boris Johnson returns to UK as Conservative leadership race hots up

Rishi Sunak outside his home in London on Saturday morning. He is believed to have become the first Conservative leadership candidate to secure the backing of 100 MPs, shoring up sufficient support to be on the ballot for Monday's vote. Beresford Hodge/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak 'secures backing of 100 MPs' as Boris flies home from Caribbean

Boris Johnson was forced to resign as Prime Minister for good reasons (Picture: Aaron Chown/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Johnson's return as PM would be completely unacceptable – Scotsman comment

Penny Mordaunt. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Penny Mordaunt announces Tory leadership bid as row brews over Boris Johnson

Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt said she is running to replace Liz Truss as Tory leader and prime minister.

Penny Mordaunt confirms she's standing in leadership contest

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Who is in the running to take over from Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister?

Who is likely to take over from Liz Truss as prime minister and Conservative Party leader

Who will replace Liz Truss as prime minister?

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on October 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Liz Truss resigns as prime minister after 44 days

Liz Truss's premiership is on the brink despite appointing Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor.

Liz Truss refuses to explain herself to Commons as mini-budget abandoned

New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to fast-track billions of pounds of savings in an attempt to get the public finances back on track and stabilise financial markets after weeks of turmoil.

Jeremy Hunt speech: Time and how to watch fiscal statement

Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives in Downing Street in London, after delivering her keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham.

More protesters than policies leaves Truss fighting for her future

The Prime Minister Liz Truss has declined to rule out cutting benefits.

Liz Truss faces dangerous Cabinet split as she refuses to rule out benefits cut

Prince William, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Queen Consort watch as King Charles III signs an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland, during a meeting of the Accession Council inside St James's Palace in London

A solemn ceremony, witnessed by the world for first time

New Conservative Party leader and Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss leaves the stage after delivering a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis: How did Liz Truss win the race to become Prime Minister?

New Zealand will eventually be able to import an uncapped amount of beef to the UK

NZ trade deal will hit Scotland's farmers

Rishi Sunak at an event in Edinburgh, as part of the campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Saturday August 6, 2022.

Liz Truss promises to cut taxes 'immediately'

Former Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch, a former equalities minister, stood on an 'anti-woke' platform (Picture: Jonathan Hordle/ITV via Getty Images)

Kenny MacAskill: How Badenoch has kickstarted backlash against woke nonsense

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss taking part in Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss through to final two in Tory leadership race

Jonathan Hordle/ITV Handout photo issued by ITV of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss taking part in Britain's Next Prime Minister: Liz Truss has declared she is the “only person who can deliver the change” the UK needs which is in “line with true Conservative principles”.

Liz Truss says “some Scots love” her as she calls herself a “child of the Union”

SNP has accused Westminster democracy of being 'broken' as they claim only one in 500 Scots will have a say in the Conservative leadership election.

SNP say democracy 'broken' as only 1 in 500 Scots have say in PM lection

Tory MP Tobias Ellwood. Picture: Getty Images

Senior MP Tobias Ellwood stripped of Conservative Party whip by Boris Johnson

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak

Surge for Liz Truss as Kemi Badenoch eliminated from Tory leadership race

Tom Tugendhat was eliminated on Monday evening.

Sunak seizes momentum as Mordaunt loses support

The five remaining Conservative leadership candidates before this evening's vote: Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch: Pictures: PA

Tom Tugendhat eliminated from Tory contest

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch,Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt with presenter Julie Etchingham taking part in Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate.

Hard to see downsides for SNP in race for No.10

A member of staff at The National Archives of Scotland, in Edinburgh, looks over the Act of Union of the Scottish Parliament

Readers' letters: The Treaty of Union was signed under duress

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak. Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images

Battle for second place heats up as Tory leadership race enters crucial stage

Penny Mordaunt, arrives at the BBC to appear on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' political television show

Conservative leadership hopefuls reveal Modern Life is Rubbish - Brian Monteith

The candidates in the Tory leadership race, from left: Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch. Picture: PA/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak accuses Tory rivals of fantasy economics in fiery TV debate

Sajid Javid is among those to make allegations of dirty tactics by rival campaigns in the leadership race. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty

Blue on blue attacks as Tory fratricide dominates race for Downing Street

Krishnan Guru-Murthy hosts the debate with the candidates, Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss and Tom Tugendhat who are in the running for Prime Ministe facing questions from a studio audience of floating voters. Picture: Tom Nicholson/Shutterstock

The Tories don’t want someone sensible - Euan McColm

Penny Mordaunt could help persuade people who do not think of themselves as Conservatives to vote for the party (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Mordaunt can do for Conservatives what Davidson did for Scots Tories

The candidates in the Tory leadership race, from left: Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch. Picture: PA/Getty Images

Tory leadership rivals clash over 'fairy tale' tax plans in first TV debate

Liz Truss at the launch of her campaign to be Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister, at King's Buildings, Smith Square, London. Picture date: Thursday July 14, 2022.

Liz Truss makes multibillion-pound pledges for Tory leadership in Zoom hustings

Penny Mordaunt speaks during an event to launch her campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative Party (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

"I am backing Penny Mordaunt" says Eastbourne MP Caroline Ansell

A man takes part in the "Dirndl-Flugtag" event in Mittenwald, southern Germany, wearing an outfit popular in Bavaria, which, says reader, has a similar status to Scotland (Picture: Angelika Warmuth/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It’s wrong to claim Scotland is a ‘real’ country

Penny Mordaunt at the launch of her campaign to be Conservative Party leader.

Penny Mordaunt charge continues as rivals struggle for attack line

(L-R) Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, and Tom Tugendhat.

Rishi Sunak leads leadership race as candidates turn on Penny Mordaunt

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The sister of Sheku Bayoh, Kadi Johnston (centre) and Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar (right) during a anti-racism and anti-fascist march in Glasgow,

Analysis: Timing, resource questions underpin ‘institutional racism’ admission

First Minister Humza Yousaf during a visit to Bellshill in North Lanarkshire ahead of First Minister's Questions. Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

FMQs: Yousaf says funding pressure no 'excuse' for police 'institutional racism'

Nicola Sturgeon speaking to the media outside her home. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

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