Penny Mordaunt

Karen Lumley has died aged 59

Former Tory MP dies aged 59

Was King Charles' coronation ceremony all a bit Mickey Mouse? (Picture: Ben Stansall/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Coronation felt like a Disney parade that took itself too seriously

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

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

New Tory leader Rishi Sunak was chosen without the need for a vote among MPs or members.

It's an extra relief that Tory members didn't chose the new PM - Ian Swanson

Rishi Sunak is the new Prime Minister

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

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

Boris Johnson flew back from a Caribbean holiday as he considered bidding for the Tory leadership but has now pulled out. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire.

Next Prime Minister could be named today

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

Rishi Sunak is currently the favourite to win the leadership contest

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

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

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

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces tax and spend measures alongside embattled Prime Minister Liz Truss

Readers' letters: Mordaunt’s eulogy to Truss is badly misplaced

Readers' letters: Pay imbalance at Edinburgh Trams

The outcome of the ballot for industrial action at Edinburgh Trams is to be announced after 20 July.

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Conservative MPs Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt are hoping to become the next Prime Minister (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

Why I decided not to stand to be next Prime Minister – Susan Morrison

Penny Mordaunt has claimed she will ‘turn the tide against the SNP’ in Scotland if she becomes the next UK Prime Minister.

Penny Mordaunt claims she will break through SNP yellow wall in Scotland

Former health secretary Sajid Javid arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday Morning. Picture date: Sunday July 10, 2022.

Nine Conservative MPs aiming to be the next party leader

Frontrunner: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, a former Scots Guard, is being tipped as a possible future Tory leader

Ex-Scots Guard Ben Wallace is party favourite to replace Boris Johnson

The alert system will use 4G and 5G mobile operator technology (Photo: Shutterstock)

New text message alert system to be trialled for public emergencies

The Challenegr 2 tank in action (Getty Images)

The British Armed Forces could get rid of its entire tank fleet and focus on cyb...

The furlough scheme will be open for applications on 20 April (Photo: Shutterstock)

When will furlough money be paid? Payment dates explained

Boris Johnson made his first speech as Prime Minister outside Number Ten.

Boris Johnson carries out 'summer massacre' as he announces new Cabinet

Sajid Javid, the UK's new Chancellor. Picture: PA

Boris Johnson begins cabinet clear-out with Sajid Javid as Chancellor

Michael Gove launches his Conservative Party leadership campaign in London. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Place your bets as the Tory leadership race begins in earnest – Ian Swanson

Ten candidates qualified to take part in the first round

Tory leadership race: they're off!

THEY’RE off. After much parading around and intense discussion of the odds, the 2019 Tory leadership race is officially under way. Ten runners have set off but at least one will be eliminated as early as Thursday when MPs have their first round of voting.

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Normandy veteran Edwin 'Ted' Hunt walks past the graves of fallen in 2018. Picture: Getty

D-Day veterans to be joined by world leaders for 75th anniversary

Bill Gates is greeted by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a meeting at St Andrew's House, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Edinburgh leads hunger fight as Bill Gates backs lab work