In the first televised debate, Ms Mourdant was accused of backing a push for self-ID. Meanwhile, Sir Iain Duncan Smith - who is backing Liz Truss in the leadership contest - has questioned Ms Mordaunt's record in government.
A spokesperson for her campaign hit back:"The fact that so much of this contest has been distracted by side issues instead of the cost of living crisis impacting millions of people, is a major disappointment."To be clear, on the issue of self ID, leaked documents prove that all ministers in the department wanted to maintain medical involvement, including Penny. Other ministers can back this up.
"This has been rebutted many times. We all know what is going on. This is the type of toxic politics people want to get away from," Ms Mordaunt told BBC's Sunday Morning programme. "As minister for equalities in the department under both Penny Mordaunt and Amber Rudd I saw first hand that the position stated was absolutely not Penny Mordaunt's and completely refute the allegations made by other candidates about the self ID debate," she said in a statement.
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