Breaking: Rishi Sunak to be UK’s new PM – Kyiv Post

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In this file photo taken on February 03, 2022 Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak hosts a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room.

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British politician Rishi Sunak was Monday, Oct.24, elected Conservative leader and will become the next prime minister, after rival Penny Mordaunt failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs.

“Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as leader of the Conservative party,” senior backbencher Graham Brady said, as Mordaunt vowed her “full support” for the former finance minister.

Sunak was to make his first remarks at 2:30 pm (1330 GMT), according to Brady, whose 1922 committee of Tory MPs organised a rapid leadership election following last week’s resignation of Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Former leader Boris Johnson pulled out of the race late Sunday, leaving a straight fight between Sunak and Mordaunt.

“These are unprecedented times. Despite the compressed timetable for the leadership contest it is clear that colleagues feel we need certainty today,” Mordaunt said in a statement.

“They have taken this decision in good faith for the good of the country.”

The Tories retain a majority in parliament, meaning that as their leader, Sunak will be named prime minister by King Charles III.





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