Category: Penny Mordaunt

Tory rebels plan 100-day ‘policy blitz’ if local elections are disaster for party

Worried MPs have concocted five-point plan of quick measures aimed at showing that the party cares about public’s prioritiesRishi Sunak is braced for a bruising week as Tory rebels flaunted plans for a 100-day...

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Tory HQ resists calls to refer Menzies allegations to police – UK politics live

Internal investigation under way but party has not announced that police have been called inDuring questions in the Commons on next week’s business, Penny Mordaunt, leader of the house, said that MPs would debate the...

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Keir Starmer calls for police investigation into Mark Menzies allegations – UK politics live

Labour leader says there are ‘a lot of unanswered questions’ over allegations including why the Conservatives took so long to actDuring questions in the Commons on next week’s business, Penny Mordaunt, leader...

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Mark Menzies suspended from role as unpaid trade envoy to Colombia, says No 10 – UK politics live

MP suspended from role as envoy aimed at boosting trade with Colombia, Chile, Peru and Argentina after allegations he misused campaign fundsAnneliese Dodds, the Labour party chair, has written an open letter to Richard Holden,...

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Rishi Sunak’s approval rating hits record low for a PM, suggests poll – UK politics live

Rating of -59 is record low for a prime minister in modern times – matching John Major’s score in August 1994, according to IpsosThe polling company Ipsos has now published online the charts accompanying the polling...

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Conservatives slam ‘bonkers’ plot to topple Rishi Sunak before election

Senior Tories have rallied around the PM amid claims that some party MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny MordauntSenior Tories attempted to rally behind an increasingly beleaguered Rishi Sunak on Saturday night amid...

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Labour formally drops £28bn green pledge and blames Tories for ‘crashing the economy’ – UK politics live

The announcement ends weeks of speculation about the policyRishi Sunak has refused to apologise for the anti-trans jibe he made about Keir Starmer at PMQs yesterday, after being told Brianna Ghey’s mother would be...

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