Poorest see the system as ‘rigged’ Penny Mordaunt warns

The prime minister’s battle to restore trust would be won only ‘when people feel understood, when they feel the benefits in their wallets’, says Commons leader

Mordaunt’s bleak assessment came as she argued for better support for MPs, and that only a small number were ‘wrong ‘uns’ (PA)

Many Britons feel things “don’t work” while the poorest see the system as “rigged” against them a cabinet minister has warned in a scathing assessment of the state of the nation.

Penny Mordaunt, who recently ran against Rishi Sunak for the Tory leadership, also said that many people look to figures like the consumer champion Martin Lewis rather than the state.

The future of democracy and capitalism hang “in the balance” if trust in politics is not restored, she said in a speech.