Conservative MPs will today vote for the final time on Boris Johnson’s successor as they choose whether Liz Truss or Penny Mordaunt should face Rishi Sunak.⁠ ⁠ The former chancellor is all but certain to make it to the final stage of the election, when Conservative Party members will decide Britain’s next prime minister.⁠ ⁠ But the contest between Truss and Mordaunt is extremely tight. Truss, the foreign secretary, has been in third place behind Mordaunt, a trade minister, in the previous four rounds of voting. However, in yesterday’s ballot Truss narrowed the margin to six MPs and she is increasingly confident of overhauling Mordaunt this afternoon.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Click the link in our bio to follow all the latest updates from the Tory leadership race