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Penny Mordaunt remains silent on leadership ambition

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt remained silent when asked by reporters whether she would stand in a Tory leadership contest as she left her London home this morning. Theresa May is expected to set out when she will quit Number 10 after a Cabinet revolt over her Brexit plan. The Prime Minister will meet the leader of backbench Conservatives, Sir Graham Brady to discuss her future after her authority was left in tatters following the backlash against her "new Brexit deal".