Tories downplay ‘plot’ to replace Rishi Sunak with Penny Mordaunt
by Sophie Wingate
Mar 16, 2024
3 minutes
Senior Tories have sought to downplay reports that some Conservative MPs are plotting to replace Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister with Penny Mordaunt before the general election.
A source close to House of Commons Leader Ms Mordaunt rejected claims of an organised attempt to elevate her to the Tory leadership as “nonsense”.
Conservative former minister Dame , who has publicly backed installing a new leader before the nation goes to
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