LONDON (Reuters) – Penny Mordaunt said she was staying in the race to become British prime minister despite trailing rivals Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson in the number of declared backers, dismissing a report that she had discussed a deal with Johnson.
“I’m very confident about the progress we are making.
I say to you that I’m in this to win it,” she told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.
She said a report that she had discussed pulling out with Johnson in return for the promise of a job was “completely false”.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Kate Holton)
