Cabinet minister urges backbenchers to have confidence in party leadership amid reports of plot to remove PM
Rishi Sunak will lead the Conservative party into an election at the end of the year despite reports of rebellious MPs plotting to oust him to avoid wipeout at the polls, a senior cabinet minister has said.
Many backbench Tory MPs are increasingly concerned about losing their seats after a torrid week for the prime minister, with hisin recent days that some MPs on the right of the party want Penny Mordaunt, the leader of the Commons, to act as a “stalking horse” candidate to trigger a leadership contest before the next general election.
According to private polling seen by the Mail on Sunday, the Tories are heading for the worst defeat in their history. The seat-by-seat research, which the newspaper said was conducted on behalf of corporate businesses, suggests Labour could be on course to win 250 seats and the Conservatives fewer than 150.
Mordaunt made no public comment about the claims but her supporters said she was not party to, or aware of, any plot, and that she believed the stories were an attempt by rightwing rivals to damage any challenge she may make in future.
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