Mordaunt throws her hat in the ring in the race for No 10
Penny Mordaunt has become the first candidate to throw her hat into the ring in the race to succeed Liz Truss as prime minister, with a pledge to re-unite the bitterly divided Tory Party.
The leader of the house – who finished third in the last leadership election – said she had been encouraged by the support she had received from fellow Conservative MPs.
