Penny Mordaunt suggests colleagues should not take funds from Tory donor

Tory minister issues statement after it emerges Alexander Temerko called her an absolutely uncontrollable woman'

The senior Tory minister Penny Mordaunt has suggested her colleagues should stop taking funds from Alexander Temerko, a major party donor who described her as an absolutely uncontrollable woman" and threat to national security".

Mordaunt, a trade minister, said she had no issue with colleagues who have historically accepted money from Temerko but said everyone should be aware now how he has treated her.