Tory Leadership Speculation Resurfaces as MPs Eye Penny Mordaunt to Replace Sunak
• Speculation swirling that some Conservative MPs want to replace PM Sunak with Penny Mordaunt • Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch tells MPs to "stop it," says only a "small minority" involved • Badenoch believes Mordaunt would distance herself from leadership speculation • Sunak vows 2024 will be year "Britain bounces back," hopes for progress on inflation • Pressure on Sunak over response to racist remarks by Tory donor Frank Hester, who has apologized