Tory nominee Penny Mordaunt, who dropped out of the race, supported Liz Truss in the fight for the post of prime minister.. About it writes the edition SkyNews.

Mordaunt announced her support for the Foreign Secretary during a meeting with party members in Exeter, calling Truss a "

Penny Mordaunt, who was the last to be eliminated in the first leg of the race, added that Mrs. Truss is capable of beating any competitor..

" Me too. I'm afraid that if we make the wrong decision, our country will quickly change for the worse.. We can lose the election and everything we worked for will be gone.. That's why it's so important,"

Liz Truss thanked Penny Mordaunt for her support.

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The support of Penny Mordaunt is what both candidates were aiming for in the fight for the party chairmanship, and this decision of the ex-candidate deals a serious blow to Truss rival Rishi Sunak. Thus, experts say, Mordont will almost certainly earn herself a position in the cabinet if the foreign minister defeats Sunak..

Truss was backed last week by another former prime ministerial candidate, Tom Tugendhat..

In a column in The Times, Tugendhat wrote that the foreign secretary's tax cut promises were based on "

Conservative Party voting will close on September 2, and whoever is named the winner on September 5 will succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister..

Penny Mordont during the election race said that she received a refugee from Ukraine at her home.