No-one in Parliament wields a sword quite like Penny Mordaunt. When the Tory member for Portsmouth North carried the heavy ceremonial weapon during the coronation of King Charles III, in her role as Lord President of the Privy Council, she was widely praised for her stamina. Outshining many of the great and the good in […]
The UK Conservative Party’s Penny Mordaunt and Labour’s Angela Rayner engaged in heated exchanges during the BBC General Election Debate, as they clashed over tax, NHS waiting lists, and the push for net zero. Mordaunt continued to repeat the claim made by Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that Labour would raise taxes by £2,000 if […]
(Bloomberg) — The UK’s local elections next month pose a moment of maximum danger for Rishi Sunak. How the Conservative Party fares is being closely watched by the increasing number of Tory lawmakers considering what Plan B might look like. Most Read from Bloomberg With a massive nationwide YouGov poll this week showing several of […]
Penny Mordaunt has defended colleague Michelle Donelan, after it emerged taxpayers’ money was used to settle a legal dispute with a professor. She said it was clear Ms Donelan valued public money because she once turned down a redundancy payment after serving as education secretary for 36 hours. Science Secretary Ms Donelan was told to […]